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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2008, 2:56 PM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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
- Apr 23, 2008, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Snyder, TX | |
| Apr 23, 3:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 72 | 5 E Snyder, TX | 72 MPH WIND MEASURED WITH DOWN POWERLINES |
| Apr 23, 3:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Snyder, TX | WARDEN AT TDJC |
| Apr 23, 3:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Snyder, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 2797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMAF 231956
TORMAF
TXC415-232045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0003.080423T1956Z-080423T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
256 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR UNION...OR
NEAR SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
RURAL AREAS NEAR AND SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST OF SNYDER
CENTRAL SCURRY COUNTY...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3294 10107 3295 10076 3268 10074 3260 10086
3262 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 246DEG 27KT 3278 10094
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMAF 232000
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
300 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
TXC415-232045-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080423T2045Z/
SCURRY TX-
300 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
SCURRY COUNTY...
AT 254 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 TO 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER. MOVEMENT IS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...RURAL AREAS WEST
AND SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER AND CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN SCURRY COUNTY.
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SPOTTERS...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY
BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3294 10107 3295 10076 3268 10074 3260 10086
3262 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 243DEG 31KT 3281 10088
$$000
WWUS54 KMAF 232012
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
312 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
TXC415-232045-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080423T2045Z/
SCURRY TX-
312 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
SCURRY COUNTY...
AT 255 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE
SOUTHWEST PART OF SNYDER NEAR TOLE PARK. THE TORNADO HAS SINCE LIFTED
AND THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO IS NOW 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY STILL BE AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
RURAL EAST AND NORTHEASTERN SCURRY COUNTY.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SAFETY IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3294 10107 3295 10076 3268 10074 3260 10086
3262 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 243DEG 31KT 3285 10078
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:48 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Loving | 14 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 10:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 34 min |
| Apr 23, 1:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 66 min |
| Apr 23, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 27 min |
| Apr 23, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 56 min |
| Apr 23, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 49 min |
| Apr 23, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Scurry | 20 min |
| Apr 23, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 62 min |
| Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 42 min |
| Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 23 min |
| Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.