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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 6, 2005Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2005, 8:23 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 67 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, 8:23 PM MDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2005, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 00:00Z on 2005-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 633 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 070225
TORMAF
NMC025-070330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0006.050507T0223Z-050507T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
823 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 818 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF OIL CENTER...OR 25 MILES WEST OF EUNICE...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL LOCATION WEST OF EUNICE...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND DESTRUCTIVE 
HAIL. TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.

LAT...LON 3249 10359 3226 10358 3226 10316 3256 10317

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 070238
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
937 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

NMC025-070330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050507T0330Z/
LEA-
837 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN LEA
COUNTY...

AT 835 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF EUNICE. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IN 
ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL 
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED 
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR 
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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

LAT...LON 3249 10359 3226 10358 3226 10316 3256 10317

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 070257
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
956 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

NMC025-070330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050507T0330Z/
LEA-
856 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN LEA
COUNTY...

AT 854 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST EUNICE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

EUNICE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... 
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL HAIL. SEEK SAFE 
SHELTER NOW.

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

LAT...LON 3249 10359 3226 10358 3226 10316 3256 10317

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 070310
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1005 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005

NMC025-070330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050507T0330Z/
LEA-
905 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN LEA
COUNTY...

AT 1001 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE 
HAIL 9 MILES WEST OF EUNICE.  QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALSO WAS REPORTED AT 
OIL CENTER.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF EUNICE...MOVING 
EAST AT 20 MPH ALONG NM 176.  THE CITY OF EUNICE IS IN THE PATH OF 
THIS STORM.  PLEASE TAKE COVER NOW

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

LAT...LON 3249 10359 3226 10358 3226 10316 3256 10317

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
May 6, 6:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr
May 6, 7:22 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy23 min
May 6, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea63 min
May 6, 7:48 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy, Lea42 min
May 7, 12:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea47 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.