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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2006, 7:59 PM CDT for Dawson County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2006, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dawson County, TX, Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Patricia, TX | MULTIPLE CHASERS AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE DAWSON/MARTIN COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF PATRICIA |
| May 5, 8:13 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Ese Patricia, TX | TORNADO ON THE GROUND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PATRICIA. |
| May 5, 8:18 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 10 Se Patricia, TX | NICKEL SIZED HAIL OCCURRING APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PATRICIA ON HIGHWAY 137. |
| May 5, 8:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 Ne Lenorah, TX | BRIEF QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEANORAH |
| May 5, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Patricia, TX | REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF PATRICIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1779 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 060100 TORMAF TXC115-317-060200- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.060506T0059Z-060506T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 759 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 758 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PATRICIA...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF LAMESA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... BUFORD... THREE LEAGUES... KLONDIKE... FLOWER GROVE... BROWN... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM 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 3263 10211 3243 10217 3232 10170 3260 10169 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 060106 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 805 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 TXC115-317-060200- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060506T0200Z/ DAWSON TX-MARTIN TX- 805 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTIES... AT 802 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH OF PATRICIA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF LAMESA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. FARM TO MARKET ROAD 829 SOUTH OF PATRICIA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE...KLONDIKE...THREE LEAGUES...BUFORD...TENMILE...FLOWER GROVE...SPARENBERG...BROWN AND ACKERLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3263 10211 3243 10217 3232 10170 3260 10169 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 060117 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 815 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 TXC115-317-060200- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060506T0200Z/ DAWSON TX-MARTIN TX- 815 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTIES... AT 810 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUFORD...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF LAMESA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE... SPARENBERG...BROWN AND ACKERLY. STATE HIGHWAY 137 JUST 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM 2002 AND S.H. 137 IS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3263 10211 3243 10217 3232 10170 3260 10169 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 55 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 65 min |
| May 5, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 61 min |
| May 5, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 60 min |
| May 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 60 min |
| May 5, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 59 min |
| May 5, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 54 min |
| May 6, 3:37 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 17 hr | |
| May 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 14 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.