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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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 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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 7:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 23 min |
| 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 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.