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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2008, 10:29 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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, 2008, 10:29 PM MDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2008, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 10:29 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Sw Carlsbad, NM | PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT STAND PIPE ROAD AND DARK CANYON ROAD. |
| May 5, 10:40 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 S Carlsbad, NM |
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, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1935 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 060429 TORMAF NMC015-060500- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0016.080506T0429Z-080506T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1029 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 1100 PM MDT * AT 1026 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITES CITY...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CARLSBAD... OTIS... CARLSBAD NORTH... AVALON... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3257 10427 3244 10399 3214 10429 3221 10448 TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 216DEG 20KT 3227 10431 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 060445 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1145 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2008 NMC015-060500- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080506T0500Z/ EDDY NM- 1045 PM MDT TUE MAY 5 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY... AT 1040 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND A POSSIBLE WALL CLOUD WERE REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS 5 MILES SOUTH OF THE CARLSBAD AIRPORT. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...OTIS...CARLSBAD... CARLSBAD NORTH AND AVALON. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3257 10427 3244 10399 3214 10429 3221 10448 TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 216DEG 20KT 3237 10424 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 66 min |
| May 5, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 min |
| May 5, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 57 min |
| May 5, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 65 min |
| May 5, 8:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 61 min |
| May 5, 9:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 57 min |
| May 5, 9:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 23 min |
| May 5, 9:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 52 min |
| May 5, 10:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 58 min |
| May 5, 10:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 153 days |
| May 5, 10:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 64 min |
| May 6, 12:07 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| May 6, 6:33 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 14 hr | |
| May 6, 1:57 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Eddy | 30 hr |
| May 6, 2:16 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 28 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.