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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 20, 2013Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2013, 9:51 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 20, 2013, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2013, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 429 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 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
429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 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.

376 
WFUS54 KMAF 210251
TORMAF
TXC389-210330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0007.130621T0251Z-130621T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
951 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WEST   
  CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENTONE ALONG 
  FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2119..MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY...
  NORTHERN REEVES 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER
NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3169 10374 3143 10366 3136 10404 3161 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 254DEG 22KT 3154 10392

$$
1 follow-up statement
784 
WWUS54 KMAF 210319
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1019 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

TXC389-210330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130621T0330Z/
REEVES TX-
1019 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
REEVES COUNTY...

AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WEST
CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENTONE...MOVING 
EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...OPEN COUNTRY OF
CENTRAL REEVES 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER
NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3169 10374 3143 10366 3136 10404 3161 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 254DEG 22KT 3156 10371

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 10:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves3 hr
Jun 20, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward67 min
Jun 21, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis51 min
Jun 21, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves57 min
Jun 21, 4:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis, Reeves3 hr
Jun 21, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis62 min
Jun 21, 4:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Jun 21, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves28 min
Jun 21, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves, Ward47 min
Jun 21, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis57 min
Jun 21, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCochran45 min
Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard28 min
Jun 21, 6:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis3 hr
Jun 21, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster44 min
Jun 21, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster3 hr
Jun 21, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis25 min
Jun 21, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWinkler35 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.