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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 27, 2008Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2008, 7:51 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Dawson County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 8:00 PM CDTTORNADO8 Wsw Friendship, TXTEXAS DPS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 8 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FRIENDSHIP.

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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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°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 280051
TORMAF
TXC115-280130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0029.080528T0051Z-080528T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF PATRICIA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMESA...MOVING
  EAST AT 14 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  FRIENDSHIP...
  PATRICIA...
  KLONDIKE...

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 3265 10196 3252 10195 3253 10219 3265 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 288DEG 12KT 3262 10210

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 280111
SVSMAF

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

TXC115-280130-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080528T0130Z/
DAWSON TX-
811 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY...

AT 800 PM CDT...THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTED AT
TORNADO ON THE GROUND 8 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF FRIENDSHIP OR NEAR
PATRICIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 14 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...PATRICIA...
FARM TO MARKET ROAD 829..

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

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

LAT...LON 3252 10195 3252 10205 3253 10206 3253 10214
      3262 10213 3261 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 298DEG 12KT 3254 10204

$$

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, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson43 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, 7:58 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.