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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 51 min |
| Apr 11, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 3:05 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Eddy | 14 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 63 min |
| Apr 11, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 63 min |
| Apr 11, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 43 min |
| Apr 11, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 18 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.