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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2008, 4:43 PM CDT for Howard County, Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 14, 2008, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:04 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Westbrook, TX | TREE DAMAGE 1 MI N OF MI MARKER 204 ON I-20 |
| May 14, 5:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | Westbrook, TX | 1 MI N OF MILE MARKER 204 OFF OF I-20. BRIEF TOUCHDOWN 1705-1709 PM CDT...TREE DAMAGE. |
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 14, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 142143 TORMAF TXC227-335-142215- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0021.080514T2143Z-080514T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 443 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF CUTHBERT...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CUTHBERT... WESTBROOK... THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 206 AND 210. 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3250 10096 3234 10096 3239 10139 3245 10138 TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 269DEG 31KT 3242 10126 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 142204 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 504 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 TXC335-142215- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080514T2215Z/ MITCHELL TX- 504 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FUNNELS WITH THIS STORM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CUTHBERT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...WESTBROOK. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. LAT...LON 3250 10096 3234 10096 3237 10115 3248 10115 TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 269DEG 31KT 3242 10106 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Reagan | 145 days |
| May 14, 3:24 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 16 hr |
| May 14, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 36 min |
| May 14, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin | 34 min |
| May 14, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 44 min |
| May 14, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 33 min |
| May 14, 5:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 144 days |
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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.