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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1999, 9:26 PM CDT for Pecos County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1999, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1999, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Pecos County, TX, Ward County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:45 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Grandfalls, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 2444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KMAF 270227 RRA TORMAF TXC371-475-270300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX 926 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PECOS COUNTY IN TEXAS SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF ROYALTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE... ROYALTY AND GRANDFALLS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3154 10305 3119 10297 3114 10276 3149 10279 RSB
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, 9:03 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:03 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 903 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 AFTER A RESPITE YESTERDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE CONVECTION IS UNDERWAY FOR THIS PORTION OF W-TEXAS AND SE-NEW MEXICO. THUS FAR THIS EVENING...HAVE HAD REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL FROM A LEFT MOVING STORM OVER ODESSA...LARGE HAIL FROM A TORNADIC RIGHT MOVER NEARING MONAHANS. ALSO HAVE OTHER REPORTS FROM EARLIER STORMS OVER SE/NM. WW 324 SEVERE BOX FOR NEW MEXICO HAS EXPIRED AT 02Z...WITH CALMER WX EXPECTED FOR THOSE PARTS. TIMING ON BOXES FOR CURRENT TX BOXES LOOKS OK. 01Z SURFACE MAP INDICATED A NORTH/SOUTH TROF ALONG EASTERN NM TO THE WEST OF FST. A PREVAILING NELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SE NM. NOT ENUF TIME FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WILL REVIEW ALL FORECASTS AND WILL SEND UPDATES AS NEEDED. RSB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 26 min |
| May 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 35 min |
| May 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 49 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 49 min |
| May 26, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Midland | 59 min |
| May 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Ward, Winkler | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 41 min |
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Midland | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 43 min |
| May 26, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 2 hr |
| May 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 30 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 31 min |
| May 26, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| May 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 39 min |
| May 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 45 min |
| May 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 30 min |
| May 27, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 117 min |
| May 27, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 57 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.