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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2013Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2013, 6:56 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 23, 2013, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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
May 23, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2013-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1598 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-317 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

483 
WFUS54 KMAF 232356
TORMAF
TXC043-243-371-240030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0004.130523T2356Z-130524T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
656 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH
  OF HOVEY...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF MARATHON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  HOVEY...

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3073 10347 3074 10332 3063 10300 3037 10329
      3044 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 179DEG 27KT 3048 10333

$$
1 follow-up statement
774 
WWUS54 KMAF 240009
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
709 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

TXC043-243-371-240019-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130524T0030Z/
PECOS TX-BREWSTER TX-JEFF DAVIS TX-
709 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...NORTH
CENTRAL BREWSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 709 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3073 10347 3074 10332 3063 10300 3037 10329
      3044 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 179DEG 27KT 3058 10333

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves32 min
May 23, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves60 min
May 23, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson53 min
May 23, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio38 min
May 23, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio50 min
May 23, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving27 min
May 23, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos55 min
May 23, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio62 min
May 23, 4:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 23, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio57 min
May 23, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving25 min
May 23, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos53 min
May 23, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Winkler67 min
May 23, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson58 min
May 23, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving25 min
May 23, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves66 min
May 23, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF30 min
May 23, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio65 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Winkler62 min
May 23, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster60 min
May 23, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF54 min
May 23, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews56 min
May 23, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos54 min
May 23, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster61 min
May 23, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin55 min
May 23, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio55 min
May 23, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry62 min
May 23, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster64 min
May 23, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis53 min
May 23, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry63 min
May 23, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos34 min
May 23, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.