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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 1, 2018Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2018, 7:39 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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 1, 2018, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2018, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.75 in

County Borden County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

885 
WFUS54 KMAF 020039
TORMAF
TXC033-020115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0003.180602T0039Z-180602T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
739 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Borden County in western Texas...

* Until 815 PM CDT.
    
* At 739 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Gail, moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and baseball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Borden County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3252 10126 3253 10129 3264 10148 3275 10143
      3274 10117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 293DEG 9KT 3269 10138 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

608 
WWUS54 KMAF 020050
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
750 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018

TXC033-020115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180602T0115Z/
Borden TX-
750 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY...
        
At 750 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of Gail, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and three inch hail.

SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Borden County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3252 10126 3253 10129 3265 10145 3274 10138
      3274 10117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 296DEG 9KT 3267 10136 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

29

177 
WWUS54 KMAF 020102
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
802 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018

TXC033-020115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180602T0115Z/
Borden TX-
802 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY...
        
At 802 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles east of Gail, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and three inch hail.

SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Borden County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3256 10125 3255 10128 3265 10145 3274 10138
      3274 10117
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 285DEG 17KT 3272 10127 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	44 min
Jun 1, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	48 min
Jun 1, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	49 min
Jun 1, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell	27 min
Jun 1, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	50 min
Jun 2, 4:50 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MAF	Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 4 more	15 hr
Jun 2, 4:50 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF		31 hr
Jun 2, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	49 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.