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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1991, 6:17 PM CDT for Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1991, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1991, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ward County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:42 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Ward, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMAF 222321 TORMAF TXC475-230015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 617 PM CDT WED MAY 22 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS ...WARD COUNTY AT 617 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PECOS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DPS REPORTING A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PECOS. MOVING TOWARD PEYOTE AND MONAHANS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 5:37 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-222340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 537 PM CST WED MAY 22 1991 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS... AT 525 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 10 MILES AN HOUR. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY RAIN WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SARAGOSA. MOVEMENT HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. ALSO...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM WEST OF LUBBOCK TO EAST OF BIG LAKE. A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS WEST OF COLORADO CITY. MOVEMENT WASi NORTH 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 22, 5:42 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-222340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 542 PM CST WED MAY 22 1991 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS... AT 525 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 10 MILES AN HOUR. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SARAGOSA. MOVEMENT HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL. ALSO...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM WEST OF LUBBOCK TO EAST OF BIG LAKE. A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS WEST OF COLORADO CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 55 min |
| May 21, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 68 min |
| May 21, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Ward | 59 min |
| May 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 59 min |
| May 22, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.