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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 4, 2006Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2006, 7:22 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min. 8 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 4, 2006, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 7:38 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDSeminole, TXCOUNTY ROAD 209/US 62-180 -- ROTATING WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL CLOUD.
May 4, 7:38 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDSeminole, TXCOUNTY ROAD 209/US 62-180 -- ROTATING WALL LOUD AND FUNNEL CLOUD.
May 4, 7:44 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Seminole, TXIN THE TOWN OF SEMINOLE.
May 4, 7:44 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Seminole, TXIN THE TOWN OF SEMINOLE.
May 4, 7:47 PM CDTHAIL 1.52 E Seminole, TXON US 62/180
May 4, 7:47 PM CDTHAIL 1.52 E Seminole, TXON US 62/180
May 4, 7:54 PM CDTHAIL 2.756 E Seminole, TXCOVERING THE GROUND.
May 4, 8:19 PM CDTHAIL 2.58 E Seminole, TXTENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL WEST OF SEMINOLE ON HIGHWAY 180

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2006-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1712 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1712 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 050022
TORMAF
TXC165-050115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0008.060505T0022Z-060505T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
722 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SEMINOLE...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  SEMINOLE...
  FAIRVIEW...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS.

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

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

LAT...LON 3280 10287 3268 10281 3256 10261 3265 10225
      3294 10242

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 050033
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
731 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

TXC165-050115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060505T0115Z/
GAINES TX-
731 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR GAINES
COUNTY...

AT 728 PM CDT...A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A WALL CLOUD 2 TO 3 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SEMINOLE.

AT 715 PM...2 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEMINOLE.

AT 730 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF SEMINOLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 
MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME. PEOPLE
IN SEMINOLE SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW  

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
THURSDAY 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 3280 10287 3268 10281 3256 10261 3265 10225
      3294 10242

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 050040
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
738 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

TXC165-050115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060505T0115Z/
GAINES TX-
738 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR GAINES
COUNTY...

AT 737 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
JUST WEST OF SEMINOLE. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 
MPH.     

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

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

LAT...LON 3280 10287 3268 10281 3256 10261 3265 10225
      3294 10242

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 050048
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
747 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

TXC165-050115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060505T0115Z/
GAINES TX-
747 PM CDT THU MAY 4 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR GAINES
COUNTY...

AT 743 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL IN SEMINOLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF  
SEMINOLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

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

LAT...LON 3280 10287 3268 10281 3256 10261 3265 10225
      3294 10242

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines53 min
May 4, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines66 min
May 4, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson58 min
May 4, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry57 min
May 4, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin66 min
May 4, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFScurry57 min
May 4, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward60 min
May 4, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock45 min
May 5, 7:00 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF15 hr
May 5, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines65 min
May 5, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry57 min
May 5, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos63 min
May 5, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines57 min
May 5, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell55 min
May 5, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines54 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.