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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2009, 8:24 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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 28, 2009, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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 28, 8:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 14 Sw Malaga, NM | GOLFBALL HAIL AND TREE LIMBS 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WERE ALSO OBSERVED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SAME AREA. |
| Apr 28, 8:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Ssw Malaga, NM | BRIEF TORNADO OBSERVED FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE. |
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 28, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 2059 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 12.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 290124 TORMAF NMC015-TXC109-290215- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0021.090429T0124Z-090429T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 724 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/ * AT 722 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY... 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 UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING/1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3217 10403 3196 10402 3201 10428 3212 10428 TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 265DEG 10KT 3206 10420 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 290133 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 733 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009 NMC015-TXC109-290215- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090429T0215Z/ EDDY NM-CULBERSON TX- 733 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/ FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTIES... AT 725 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROBINSON ARMS LANDING...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MALAGA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING/1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3217 10403 3197 10402 3201 10428 3212 10428 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 265DEG 10KT 3206 10419 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 290156 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 756 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009 NMC015-TXC109-290215- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090429T0215Z/ EDDY NM-CULBERSON TX- 756 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/ FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTIES... AT 742 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MALAGA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING/1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3217 10403 3197 10402 3201 10421 3213 10421 TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 265DEG 10KT 3206 10412 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Culberson | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 4:57 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 23 hr | |
| Apr 29, 4:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 15 hr | |
| Apr 29, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 66 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.