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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 1999Loving County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1999, 7:56 PM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 26, 1999, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1999, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Loving County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 8:02 PM CDTHail 3Mentone, TXVegetation stripped along State Highway 302.

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 295 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 1999-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 1999-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 270056 RRA
TORMAF
TXC301-270145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
756 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

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.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 26, 2:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
214 PM CDT (114 PM MDT) WED MAY 26 1999

STRATUS DECK HAS FORMED OVER MUCH OF THE CWA...HOWEVER IS BEGINNING
TO BURN OFF FROM THE WEST. THIS DECK OF LOW CLOUDS WILL DELAY THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
HOURS. CURRENTLY A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IS PUSHING ITS WAY SOUTH
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS/NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. LOOKING AT
PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE FRONT INDICATE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE A SLOW
PUSH TO THE SOUTH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MEANWHILE AN UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM LOCATED OVER NRN NM IS PROGD TO EJECT A SUBSTANTIAL PIECE OF
ENERGY ACROSS WEST TEXAS BETWEEN OOZ AND 06Z TONIGHT. GIVEN THE
ALREADY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA...THIS IN COMBINATION
WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR A RATHER INTERESTING
NIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. TOMORROW COULD SEE MORE OF THE SAME AS
ANOTHER VORT MAX ROLLS ACROSS THE AREA. FRIDAY WILL LIKELY GET A
SMALL BREAK FROM THE DAY TO DAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER FOR
THE EXTENDED WILL BE BACK INTO A PATTERN OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUDNERSTORMS CWA WIDE.

MAF 060/082 060/086 4322
CNM 058/082 058/086 3222
MRF 052/082 052/085 2222
P07 065/086 065/089 4322

MARTIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell30 min
May 26, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFLoving, Reeves26 min
May 26, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFLoving35 min
May 26, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor49 min
May 26, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Midland59 min
May 26, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Ward, Winkler44 min
May 26, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector41 min
May 26, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFWard, Winkler33 min
May 26, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Midland51 min
May 26, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin51 min
May 26, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Ward43 min
May 26, 9:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin, Midland2 hr
May 26, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Ward34 min
May 26, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Ward30 min
May 26, 10:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos31 min
May 26, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 26, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos39 min
May 27, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Terrell45 min
May 27, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Terrell30 min
May 27, 1:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos117 min
May 27, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.