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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 5, 2008Eddy County, New Mexico

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.

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 5, 10:29 PM MDTHAIL 0.755 Sw Carlsbad, NMPENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT STAND PIPE ROAD AND DARK CANYON ROAD.
May 5, 10:40 PM MDTHAIL 1.755 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1935 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 00:00Z on 2008-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy66 min
May 5, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea61 min
May 5, 8:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy57 min
May 5, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy65 min
May 5, 8:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea61 min
May 5, 9:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy57 min
May 5, 9:52 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea23 min
May 5, 9:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy52 min
May 5, 10:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea58 min
May 5, 10:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea153 days
May 5, 10:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea64 min
May 6, 12:07 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningMAFLea3 hr
May 6, 6:33 AM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF14 hr
May 6, 1:57 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningMAFEddy30 hr
May 6, 2:16 PM MDTRed Flag WarningMAF28 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.