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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 5, 2008Crane County, Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 5, 2008, 4:37 PM CDT for Crane County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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: Oct 5, 2008, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Oct 5, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crane County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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

Time	Report	Where
Oct 5, 4:37 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	6 N Grandfalls, TX
Oct 5, 4:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	13 Nw Imperial, TX
Oct 5, 5:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1	17 N Imperial, 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
Oct 5, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 77 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -251 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 914 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 052137
TORMAF
TXC103-475-052215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0031.081005T2137Z-081005T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
437 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROYALTY...
  OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF MONAHANS...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  TUBBS CORNER...

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 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3154 10283 3151 10256 3137 10260 3131 10280
      3142 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 268DEG 16KT 3141 10281

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 052146
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
446 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008

TXC103-475-052215-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-081005T2215Z/
WARD TX-CRANE TX-
446 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CRANE AND SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTIES...

AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROYALTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF MONAHANS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...TUBBS CORNER.

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 900 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3154 10283 3151 10256 3137 10260 3131 10280
      3142 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 245DEG 21KT 3145 10275

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 5, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving	37 min
Oct 5, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	42 min
Oct 5, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ward	46 min
Oct 5, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	29 min
Oct 5, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Winkler	55 min
Oct 5, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector	34 min
Oct 5, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane	60 min
Oct 5, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	35 min
Oct 5, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	59 min
Oct 5, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Midland, Upton	36 min
Oct 5, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Midland	31 min
Oct 5, 6:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector	3 hr

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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.