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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2006, 10:57 PM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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 3, 2006, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2006, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 3, 11:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Snyder, TX | |
| May 3, 11:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Snyder, TX | |
| May 3, 11:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 W Hermleigh, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON THE WEST EDGE OF HERMLEIGH NEAR HIGHWAY 84. |
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 3, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 3, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3038 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMAF 040357
TORMAF
TXC415-040500-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0007.060504T0357Z-060504T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1057 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1053 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SNYDER...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
DUNN...
HERMLEIGH...
CHINA GROVE...
INADALE...
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 3288 10080 3267 10099 3252 10101 3252 10066
3287 10066
$$
053 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMAF 040407
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1106 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
TXC415-040500-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060504T0500Z/
SCURRY TX-
1106 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR EASTERN
SCURRY COUNTY...
AT 1102 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL
IN SNYDER. A DEVELOPING TORNADO CONTINUED TO BE INDICATED BY RADAR 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
HERMLEIGH...DUNN...CHINA GROVE AND INADALE.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3288 10080 3267 10099 3252 10101 3252 10066
3287 10066
$$
05000
WWUS54 KMAF 040423 RRA
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1123 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
TXC415-040500-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060504T0500Z/
SCURRY TX-
1123 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR EASTERN
SCURRY COUNTY...
AT 1119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HERMLEIGH...OR ABOUT
11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HERMLEIGHT AND
INADALE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
NOW.
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 3288 10080 3267 10099 3252 10101 3252 10066
3287 10066
$$
05000
WWUS54 KMAF 040432
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1129 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
TXC415-040500-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060504T0500Z/
SCURRY TX-
1129 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR EASTERN
SCURRY COUNTY...
AT 1125 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO CONTINUED TO BE INDICATED BY RADAR
NEAR HERMLEIGH...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT 1127 PM...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY
A STORM SPOTTER 1 BLOCK WEST OF HIGHWAY 84 IN THE COMMUNITY OF HERMLEIGH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE...INADALE.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
NOW.
THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN
UNDERGROUND SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE... SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES... EVACUATE THEM AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3288 10080 3267 10099 3252 10101 3252 10066
3287 10066
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 65 min |
| May 3, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 46 min |
| May 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Scurry | 54 min |
| May 3, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 63 min |
| May 3, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 61 min |
| May 3, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 3, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 55 min |
| May 3, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 64 min |
| May 3, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 4, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 55 min |
| May 4, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 64 min |
| May 4, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 51 min |
| May 4, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| May 4, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.