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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 23, 2008Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2008, 6:55 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
Apr 23, 2008, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2008, 7:20 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Howard County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 12:00Z on 2008-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2797 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 232355
TORMAF
TXC227-240045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.080423T2355Z-080424T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
655 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF COAHOMA...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING
  EAST AT 29 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  COAHOMA...

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 3239 10118 3225 10118 3236 10150 3243 10147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 289DEG 25KT 3239 10135

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 240020
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
720 PM CDT THU APR 23 2008

TXC227-240030-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080424T0045Z/
HOWARD TX-
720 PM CDT THU APR 23 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED
AREA AND WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3239 10118 3225 10118 3236 10150 3243 10147
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 289DEG 25KT 3233 10116

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 5:48 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAFLoving14 hr
Apr 23, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson56 min
Apr 23, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden66 min
Apr 23, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden45 min
Apr 23, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry34 min
Apr 23, 1:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry41 min
Apr 23, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos66 min
Apr 23, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden27 min
Apr 23, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines59 min
Apr 23, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry56 min
Apr 23, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos49 min
Apr 23, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFScurry49 min
Apr 23, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson42 min
Apr 23, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFScurry20 min
Apr 23, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines62 min
Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson30 min
Apr 23, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines41 min
Apr 23, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden37 min
Apr 23, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson, Gaines41 min
Apr 23, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden42 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines23 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson47 min
Apr 23, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry22 min
Apr 23, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin47 min
Apr 23, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard25 min
Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward25 min
Apr 23, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson29 min
Apr 23, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward24 min
Apr 23, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson45 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.