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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Wsw Friendship, TX | TEXAS 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 58 min |
| May 27, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 43 min |
| May 27, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 55 min |
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 16 min |
| May 27, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 31 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 59 min |
| May 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 58 min |
| May 27, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 62 min |
| May 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 62 min |
| May 27, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 34 min |
| May 27, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 59 min |
| May 27, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 38 min |
| May 27, 9:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 28, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 55 min |
| May 28, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 39 min |
| May 28, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 47 min |
| May 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 64 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.