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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 1, 2013Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2013, 7:34 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 1, 2013, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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
Jun 1, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3747 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
3747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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The text

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

885 
WFUS54 KMAF 020034
TORMAF
TXC443-020100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0005.130602T0034Z-130602T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
734 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL
  TERRELL COUNTY...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF DRYDEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 25
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY...
  SH 349...

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 100 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3015 10190 3013 10221 3039 10218 3039 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 359DEG 20KT 3030 10207

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell61 min
Jun 1, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF24 min
Jun 1, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster27 min
Jun 1, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell24 min
Jun 2, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis23 min
Jun 2, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis30 min
Jun 2, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis45 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.