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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2008, 4:04 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 23, 2008, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 E Seminole, 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, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 232104 TORMAF TXC165-232145- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0007.080423T2104Z-080423T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 404 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SEMINOLE... MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... FAIRVIEW... US HIGHWAY 62/180... FARM TO MARKET 1788... 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 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3287 10245 3265 10235 3261 10271 3282 10273 TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 257DEG 18KT 3269 10260 $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 232111 RRA SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 411 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXC165-232145- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080423T2145Z/ GAINES TX- 411 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY... AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR ABOUT NEAR SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...FAIRVIEW...US HIGHWAY 52/180...FARM TO MARKET 1788. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3287 10245 3265 10235 3261 10271 3282 10273 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 257DEG 18KT 3271 10257 $$ 13
000 WWUS54 KMAF 232138 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 438 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXC165-232145- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080423T2145Z/ GAINES TX- 438 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR EASTERN GAINES COUNTY... AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO ROTATION IN THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF FAIRVIEW...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST ALONG US HIGHWAY 62/180 AT 21 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...US HIGHWAY 62/180...AND EAST CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3287 10245 3265 10235 3262 10258 3283 10262 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 264DEG 18KT 3272 10242 $$ 13
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, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Scurry | 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, 4:23 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.