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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 5, 2013Andrews County, Texas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos31 min
Jun 5, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos23 min
Jun 5, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan29 min
Jun 5, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock33 min
Jun 5, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan30 min
Jun 5, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan56 min
Jun 5, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan35 min
Jun 5, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin58 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.