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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1999, 7:25 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1999, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 5810 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999
WFUS1 KMAF 160027 RRA
TORMAF
TXC443-160130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
725 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 1999
THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
A THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST
EAST OF SANDERSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE...
SANDERSON.
HAIL TO 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM YOU SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. MOVE INSIDE A STORM CELLAR...A BASEMENT...OR A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3028 10242 3012 10241 3016 10227 3025 10219
3031 10228 3028 10237What 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.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 15, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 600 PM CDT SAT MAY 15 1999 DRYLINE EVIDENT IN SURFACE ANALYSES AND IN WSR-88D IMAGERY FROM BETWEEN GAIL AND SNYDER SOUTH TO GARDEN CITY AND IRAAN. LATEST ARPS ANALYSIS FROM HUB-CAPS INDICATES EXTREME INSTABILITIES (SBCAPES AOA 4000 J/KG) ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE BUT CAPPED WITH CINS AROUND 50 J/KG. CU FIELD NOTED INVOF LOCAL MAXIMUM IN MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WITH A FEW TOWERS GOING UP BETWEEN SNYDER AND BIG SPRING. RECOMMEND INTRODUCING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR MAFS EASTERN CWA AND BOOST POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE OVER TERRELL/PECOS COUNTIES TO COVER ONGOING ACTIVITY. CIN AND RELATIVELY WEAK MID LEVEL SR FLOW WILL LIMIT SEVERE POTENTIAL SOMEWHAT...BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR... 70.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 67 min |
| May 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 59 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.