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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 27, 2008Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2008, 7:02 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
May 27, 2008, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Dawson County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 7:02 PM CDTTORNADO5 Sw Lamesa, TX

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 27, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2008-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2067 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 280002
TORMAF
TXC115-280045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0028.080528T0002Z-080528T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
702 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  FRIENDSHIP...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMESA...MOVING EAST AT
  14 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  FRIENDSHIP...
  STATE HIGHWAY 349...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3274 10181 3258 10172 3255 10208 3270 10207
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 245DEG 10KT 3265 10201

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 280026
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
726 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2008

TXC115-280045-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080528T0045Z/
DAWSON TX-
726 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
DAWSON COUNTY...

AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
LAMESA...MOVING EAST AT 11 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...TENMILE AND
STATE HIGHWAY 137. 

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3274 10181 3272 10180 3271 10180 3258 10172
      3256 10199 3269 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 273DEG 10KT 3265 10194

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines58 min
May 27, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Ward, Winkler55 min
May 27, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster16 min
May 27, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor31 min
May 27, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster59 min
May 27, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines58 min
May 27, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson39 min
May 27, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin62 min
May 27, 8:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson3 hr
May 27, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines62 min
May 27, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster34 min
May 27, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines, Martin59 min
May 27, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin38 min
May 27, 9:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
May 28, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson55 min
May 28, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson39 min
May 28, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis47 min
May 28, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson64 min

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.