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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2011, 6:07 PM CDT for Culberson County, Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
- May 31, 2011, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 231 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 2699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
961
WFUS54 KMAF 312307
TORMAF
TXC109-243-010000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0007.110531T2307Z-110601T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
607 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTH
OF PLATEAU...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VAN HORN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...OPEN COUNTRY
NORTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...
OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHERN CULBERSON COUNTY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10...
.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3121 10416 3084 10401 3068 10432 3062 10456
3101 10470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 246DEG 9KT 3086 10453
$$1 follow-up statement
195
WWUS54 KMAF 312334
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
634 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
TXC109-312339-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110601T0000Z/
CULBERSON TX-
634 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE
THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3081 10463 3104 10412 3084 10401 3068 10432
3062 10456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 246DEG 9KT 3088 10447
$$
TXC243-010000-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110601T0000Z/
JEFF DAVIS TX-
634 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...
AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER MOON ROAD 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCDONALD
OBSERVATORY OR 10 MILES NORTH OF VALENTINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MOON ROAD IN
CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...OPEN COUNTRY OF CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3081 10463 3104 10412 3084 10401 3068 10432
3062 10456
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 246DEG 9KT 3088 10447
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis | 57 min |
| May 31, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 45 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.