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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 14, 2005Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2005, 3:14 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 14, 2005, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2005, 4:11 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2005-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2140 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 2005-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1402 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 142015
TORMAF
TXC461-142115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0030.050614T2014Z-050614T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
314 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF
  KING MOUNTAIN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRANE...MOVING SOUTHWEST
  AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KING MOUNTAIN...
  RURAL AREAS WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 329...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... 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 3126 10208 3138 10212 3140 10217 3140 10230
      3111 10229

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 142036
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
334 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005

TXC461-142115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050614T2115Z/
UPTON-
334 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
UPTON COUNTY...

AT 332 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE ROTATION HAS WEAKENED 
SLIGHTLY DURING THE LAST TEN MINUTES...BUT THE TORNADIC POTENTIAL 
MAY AGAIN INCREASE WHERE AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY INTERSECTS THE STORM 
NEAR KING MOUNTAIN. THIS AREA OF ROTATION IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 
MPH.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... 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 3126 10208 3138 10212 3140 10217 3140 10230
      3111 10229

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 142111
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005

TXC461-142120-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-050614T2115Z/
UPTON-
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
415 PM CDT...

AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE 
WEATHER. THE STORM WAS ALSO MOVING OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE 
TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3126 10208 3138 10212 3140 10217 3140 10230 3111 10229

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Jun 14, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton63 min
Jun 14, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves54 min
Jun 14, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves58 min
Jun 14, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster63 min
Jun 14, 4:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves3 hr
Jun 14, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson35 min
Jun 14, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves60 min
Jun 14, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio67 min
Jun 14, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves41 min
Jun 14, 5:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster4 hr
Jun 14, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving62 min
Jun 14, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster57 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.