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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 67 min |
| Jun 21, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 4:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Cochran | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 25 min |
| Jun 21, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 35 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.