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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2008, 5:43 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 23, 2008, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 6:16 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 6 Wsw Ackerly, TX | OCCURRED AT FM26 AND FM2002 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 2797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 232243 TORMAF TXC317-232330- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0011.080423T2243Z-080423T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 543 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLOWER GROVE...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF LAMESA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... BROWN... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3252 10170 3230 10170 3252 10196 TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 303DEG 22KT 3251 10185 $$ 05
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 232252 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 552 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXC317-232330- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080423T2330Z/ MARTIN TX- 552 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY... AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLOWER GROVE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMESA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BROWN. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3252 10170 3230 10170 3252 10196 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 297DEG 25KT 3251 10182 $$ 05
000
WWUS54 KMAF 232305
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
605 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
TXC317-232330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080423T2330Z/
MARTIN TX-
605 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLOWER GROVE...OR
ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMESA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BROWN.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3252 10169 3233 10169 3250 10194 3251 10192
3252 10191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 297DEG 25KT 3248 10175
$$
05000
WWUS54 KMAF 232329
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
629 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
TXC317-232339-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080423T2330Z/
MARTIN TX-
629 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630
PM CDT...
AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3252 10169 3233 10169 3250 10194 3251 10192
3252 10191
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 297DEG 25KT 3240 10157
$$
05The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Loving | 14 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 10:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 1:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Scurry | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Scurry | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 25 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.