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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2008, 4:49 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 S Sand, TX | |
| Apr 23, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Sand, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 232149 TORMAF TXC115-165-232230- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0009.080423T2149Z-080423T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 449 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... WEST CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF SAND...OR 20 MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. * THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SAND...US HIGHWAY 62/180. 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 3285 10210 3254 10205 3254 10238 3275 10239 TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 251DEG 18KT 3268 10229 $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 232209 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 509 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXC115-165-232230- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080423T2230Z/ GAINES TX-DAWSON TX- 509 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL DAWSON AND SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTIES... AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT ROTATION IN THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAND...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMESA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...WEST CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3285 10210 3254 10205 3254 10238 3275 10239 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 276DEG 21KT 3264 10213 $$ 13
000 WWUS54 KMAF 232222 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 522 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 TXC115-165-232230- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080423T2230Z/ GAINES TX-DAWSON TX- 522 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL DAWSON AND SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTIES... AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT ROTATION IN THE WARNED STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAND...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAMESA...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. IN ADDITION...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SAND AT 515 PM CDT. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...FARM TO MARKET 829...AND WEST CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IN ADDITION... 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 3285 10210 3254 10205 3254 10238 3275 10239 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 276DEG 21KT 3263 10207 $$ 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, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 37 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.