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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 23, 2008Scurry County, Texas

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 2:56 PM CDTTORNADO1 S Snyder, TX
Apr 23, 3:08 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 725 E Snyder, TX72 MPH WIND MEASURED WITH DOWN POWERLINES
Apr 23, 3:45 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Snyder, TXWARDEN AT TDJC
Apr 23, 3:45 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Snyder, 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
Apr 23, 10:07 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2797 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 12:00Z on 2008-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 5:48 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAFLoving14 hr
Apr 23, 9:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson56 min
Apr 23, 10:09 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden66 min
Apr 23, 12:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden45 min
Apr 23, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry34 min
Apr 23, 1:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry41 min
Apr 23, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos66 min
Apr 23, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden27 min
Apr 23, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines59 min
Apr 23, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry56 min
Apr 23, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos49 min
Apr 23, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson42 min
Apr 23, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFScurry20 min
Apr 23, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines62 min
Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson30 min
Apr 23, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines41 min
Apr 23, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden37 min
Apr 23, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson, Gaines41 min
Apr 23, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden42 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines23 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson47 min
Apr 23, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry22 min
Apr 23, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMartin47 min
Apr 23, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard25 min
Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward25 min
Apr 23, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson29 min
Apr 23, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward24 min
Apr 23, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson45 min
Apr 23, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward25 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.