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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2014, 7:33 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 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 8, 2014, 7:33 PM MDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:09 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 995 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1338 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
215
WFUS54 KMAF 090133
TORMAF
NMC015-090200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0020.140609T0133Z-140609T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
733 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
* AT 727 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY ALONG AND NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 176 NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 31...OR 16 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD
NORTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
EASTERN EDDY 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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 10383 3249 10374 3240 10374 3219 10374
3244 10414 3259 10395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 303DEG 22KT 3245 10392
$$1 follow-up statement
286
WWUS54 KMAF 090145
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
745 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014
NMC015-090200-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140609T0200Z/
EDDY-
745 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...
AT 740 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY ALONG AND NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 128...20 MILES
EAST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...OPEN COUNTRY OF
EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 10383 3249 10374 3240 10374 3219 10374
3244 10414 3259 10395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 303DEG 22KT 3235 10386
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 6:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 7:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 61 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.