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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 22, 2006Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2006, 7:08 PM CDT for Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 2006, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 22, 7:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Pyote, TX	DETENTION CENTER EMPLOYEE REPORTED QUARTER AND HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AT DETENTION CENTER.
Apr 22, 7:15 PM CDT	TORNADO	Pyote, TX	BRIEF TORNADO TOUCH DOWN IN OPEN FIELD NEAR YOUTH DETENTION CENTER IN PYOTE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 22, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 320 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: 1443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 230008
TORMAF
TXC475-230115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.060423T0008Z-060423T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
708 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  PYOTE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PECOS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  PYOTE...
  WICKETT...
  ROYALTY...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3163 10332 3146 10338 3137 10312 3139 10304
      3132 10285 3154 10278

$$

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3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 230013
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
711 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2006

TXC475-230115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060423T0115Z/
WARD TX-
711 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR WARD
COUNTY...

AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PYOTE CLOSE TO 
INTERSTATE 20...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF MONAHANS...MOVING EAST 
AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE...PYOTE...
WICKETT...THORNTONVILLE...ROYALTY AND GRANDFALLS.

PEOPLE ON INTERSTATE 20 NEAR PYOTE SHOULD SEEK SAFETY IMMEDIATELY
AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH THE HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL DRIVEN BY DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE 
SHELTER NOW.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3163 10332 3146 10338 3137 10312 3139 10304
      3132 10285 3154 10278

$$
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000 
WWUS54 KMAF 230056
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
756 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2006

TXC475-230115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060423T0115Z/
WARD TX-
756 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR WARD
COUNTY...

AT 756 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH CONTINUING ROTATION IN CENTRAL WARD COUNTY.
THIS SEVERE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
WICKETT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONAHANS...MOVING EAST ALONG
INTERSTATE 20 AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THIS POTENTIALLY TORNADO PRODUCING 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...THORNTONVILLE AND WICKETT.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS GUSTING TO 60 MPH. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3163 10332 3146 10338 3137 10312 3139 10304
      3132 10285 3154 10278

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KMAF 230111
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
811 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2006

TXC475-230120-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060423T0115Z/
WARD TX-
811 PM CDT SAT APR 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT...

AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

VERY HEAVY RAIN... DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING
TO 35 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3163 10332 3146 10338 3137 10312 3139 10304
      3132 10285 3154 10278

$$

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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
Apr 22, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	67 min
Apr 22, 8:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ward	3 hr
Apr 22, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	31 min
Apr 22, 11:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	28 min
Apr 23, 6:03 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF		15 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.