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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 11, 2009Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2009, 3:46 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2009, 3:46 PM MDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2009, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 11, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2009-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 514 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
514 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
417 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 112146
TORMAF
NMC025-112215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.090411T2146Z-090411T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
346 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 344 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  LOVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  MCDONALD...
  LOVINGTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3318 10334 3301 10315 3289 10344 3296 10350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 210DEG 17KT 3297 10342

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 112156
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
356 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2009

NMC025-112215-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090411T2215Z/
LEA NM-
356 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
LEA COUNTY...

AT 354 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LOWERING OF THE
CLOUD BASE OVER THE CITY OF LOVINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...LOVINGTON AND
MCDONALD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3318 10334 3301 10315 3289 10344 3296 10350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 210DEG 17KT 3301 10339

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 112218
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
418 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2009

NMC025-112227-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090411T2215Z/
LEA NM-
418 PM MDT SAT APR 11 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 417 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE
THE TORNADO WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED... PONDING OF WATER 
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 206. 
MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF 
WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE 
CONTROL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3318 10334 3301 10315 3289 10344 3296 10350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 229DEG 19KT 3301 10337

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea51 min
Apr 11, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea49 min
Apr 11, 3:05 PM MDTHigh Wind WatchMAFEddy14 hr
Apr 11, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea63 min
Apr 11, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea54 min
Apr 11, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea63 min
Apr 11, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea43 min
Apr 11, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea18 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.