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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 10, 2005Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 204 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3111 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 102101
TORMAF
TXC043-371-102200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0029.050610T2100Z-050610T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
400 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
  NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A  
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG THE PECOS 
  AND BREWSTER COUNTY LINE 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW...OR 22  
  MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS WEST OF LONGFELLOW...
  U.S. HIGHWAY 90 EAST OF MARATHON...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR... IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED WITHIN THE STORM. A TORNADO
MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND OR MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM... MOVE TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A
STURDY BUILDING OR INTO AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF DRIVING... DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3035 10302 3017 10317 2994 10286 3006 10260
      3039 10256

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 102144
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
441 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

TXC043-371-102200-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050610T2200Z/
PECOS-BREWSTER-
441 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
BREWSTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...

AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 
14 MILES WEST OF LONGFELLOW...OR 23 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATED A WEAKENING TREND WITH THIS 
STORM...BUT ROTATION WAS STILL EVIDENT. QUARTER SIZE HAIL REMAINS 
POSSIBLE. 

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL AREA WEST OF 
LONGFELLOW AND U.S. HIGHWAY 90 EAST OF MARATHON. TAKE COVER NOW. 
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. 
AVOID WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3035 10302 3017 10317 2994 10286 3006 10260
      3039 10256

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Terrell64 min
Jun 9, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell63 min
Jun 9, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell39 min
Jun 10, 7:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos67 min
Jun 10, 7:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton55 min
Jun 10, 8:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton3 hr
Jun 10, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton51 min
Jun 10, 11:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFUpton4 hr
Jun 10, 11:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 hr
Jun 10, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan48 min
Jun 10, 1:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
Jun 10, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos48 min
Jun 10, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Jun 10, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos43 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.