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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 30, 2005Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2005, 8:36 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 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 30, 2005, 8:36 PM MDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2005, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 310240
TORMAF
NMC015-025-310330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0009.050531T0236Z-050531T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
836 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 831 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MALJAMAR...OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARTESIA...MOVING
  EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MALJAMAR...
  LOVINGTON...
  BUCKEYE...
  LOCO HILLS...

AT 830 MDT...BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WERE REPORTED IN CHAVEZ COUNTY.
A TORNADO MAY REFORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE 
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE 
HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.  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 3320 10375 3297 10375 3296 10411 3256 10375
      3273 10337 3321 10334

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 310310
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1006 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2005

NMC015-025-310330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050531T0330Z/
LEA-EDDY-
906 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN EDDY
AND WEST CENTRAL LEA COUNTIES...

AT 901 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MALJAMAR...OR 25 MILES 
WEST OF LOVINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
MALJAMAR...
STATE HIGHWAY 249 JUST NORTH OF MALJAMAR...
US 82 BETWEEN LOVINGTON AND MALJAMAR...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO THREAT...UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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

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

LAT...LON 3320 10375 3297 10375 3296 10411 3256 10375
      3273 10337 3321 10334

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 9:24 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Lea	66 min
May 30, 10:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Lea	54 min
May 30, 11:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Lea	30 min

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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.