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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2005, 7:22 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 23 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
- May 6, 2005, 7:22 PM MDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2005, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 070122 TORMAF NMC015-070145- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0004.050507T0122Z-050507T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 722 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 719 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...OR 15 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD NEAR NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY 128...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EASTERN EDDY COUNTY... A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3236 10405 3229 10400 3229 10372 3241 10372 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 070134 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 834 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 NMC015-070145- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050507T0145Z/ EDDY- 734 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY... AT 726 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY 128 APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE WIPP SITE...OR 23 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD. THE PARENT STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW. LAT...LON 3236 10405 3229 10400 3229 10372 3241 10372 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 62 min |
| May 6, 6:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 6, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 63 min |
| May 6, 7:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 42 min |
| May 6, 8:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 67 min |
| May 7, 12:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 47 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.