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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2013, 6:56 PM CDT for Andrews 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
- Jun 5, 2013, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Andrews County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 3626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
147 WFUS54 KMAF 052356 TORMAF TXC003-060030- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0006.130605T2356Z-130606T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 656 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY... EASTERN ANDREWS 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. && LAT...LON 3244 10221 3226 10229 3240 10262 3252 10250 TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 288DEG 24KT 3244 10244 $$ HLUCHAN
2 follow-up statements
360 WWUS54 KMAF 060006 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 706 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 TXC003-060030- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130606T0030Z/ ANDREWS TX- 706 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY... AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...EAST CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3244 10221 3226 10229 3236 10252 3251 10245 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 304DEG 29KT 3239 10236 $$ HLUCHAN
026 WWUS54 KMAF 060026 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 726 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 TXC003-060036- /O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130606T0030Z/ ANDREWS TX- 726 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT... AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3244 10221 3226 10229 3236 10252 3251 10245 TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 304DEG 29KT 3230 10220 $$ HLUCHAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 58 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.