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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 4:07 PM CDT for Ward County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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
- May 25, 2008, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 25, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 2866 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMAF 252107
TORMAF
TXC475-495-252130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0022.080525T2107Z-080525T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
407 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 403 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
PYOTE...OR 16 MILES EAST OF PECOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.
* THE TORNADO MAY AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
PYOTE...
WICKETT...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3175 10318 3160 10280 3140 10325 3144 10326
3144 10328 3157 10342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 221DEG 19KT 3152 10323
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMAF 252110
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
410 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
TXC475-495-252130-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080525T2130Z/
WINKLER TX-WARD TX-
410 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR WARD AND
SOUTH CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTIES...
AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF PYOTE...OR ABOUT 18
MILES NORTHEAST OF PECOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 22 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...PYOTE AND WICKETT.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER
NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3175 10318 3160 10280 3140 10325 3144 10326
3144 10328 3157 10342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 221DEG 19KT 3153 10322
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 24 min |
| May 25, 2:31 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 15 hr | |
| May 25, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 63 min |
| May 25, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 66 min |
| May 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 58 min |
| May 25, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 67 min |
| May 25, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 62 min |
| May 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.