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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2008, 10:09 AM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Borden County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:45 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 8 W Gail, TX | REPORTED ALONG FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1054 NORTH |
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, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 231509 TORMAF TXC033-231615- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.080423T1509Z-080423T1615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1009 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1005 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAIL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... GAIL... RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF GAIL NEAR AND EAST OF FM 1054... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3280 10167 3281 10120 3253 10120 3254 10167 TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 263DEG 9KT 3265 10160 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 231536 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1036 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXC033-231615- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080423T1615Z/ BORDEN TX- 1036 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BORDEN COUNTY... AT 1028 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF GAIL...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GAIL AND RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF GAIL ALONG AND JUST EAST OF 669. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3280 10167 3281 10120 3253 10120 3254 10167 TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 263DEG 9KT 3266 10153 $$
000
WWUS54 KMAF 231547
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1047 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008
TXC033-231615-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080423T1615Z/
BORDEN TX-
1047 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY...
AT 1042 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF LAKE J.B. THOMAS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH
OF GAIL...AND IS NOW MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...RURAL AREAS EAST OF
FM 669 AND LAKE J.B. THOMAS. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL
TO NEAR THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN
UNDERGROUND SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES... EVACUATE THEM AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3253 10120 3253 10125 3254 10126 3254 10147
3255 10148 3273 10149 3275 10120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 294DEG 8KT 3264 10141
$$The 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, 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, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 47 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.