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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 11 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
- May 2, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mitchell County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 E Westbrook, TX | TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST EAST OF WESTBROOK |
| May 2, 5:16 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 4 Sw Westbrook, TX | BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF WESTBROOK. ALSO REPORTED SEEING A WALL CLOUD. |
| May 2, 5:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 W Westbrook, TX | SEVERAL TELEPHONE POLES DOWN BY WINDS. |
| May 2, 5:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 S Colorado City, TX | PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER AT HIGHWAY 208 AND LAKE CHAMPION |
| May 2, 5:26 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 5 S Colorado City, TX | BASEBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT LAKE COLORADO CITY. |
| May 2, 5:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 W Colorado City, TX | A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF COLORADO CITY NEAR THE WEST INTERCHANGE. |
| May 2, 5:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Colorado City, TX | A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE POWERPLANT ROUGHLY 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. |
| May 2, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 S Colorado City, TX | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT LAKE COLORADO CITY BY PARK EMPLOYEE |
| May 2, 5:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 S Colorado City, TX | GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL LOCATED ON HIGHWAYS 2319 AND 208 IN MITCHELL COUNTIES |
| May 2, 5:59 PM CDT | HAIL 4.25 | 5 S Colorado City, TX | BASEBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS |
| May 2, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 5 S Colorado City, TX | TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. ALSO REPORTED WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMAF 022200
TORMAF
TXC335-022300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0003.060502T2200Z-060502T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
500 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
COLORADO CITY...
LORAINE...
CUTHERBERT...
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 3249 10110 3228 10110 3225 10069 3250 10069
3249 10081
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMAF 022211
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
506 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
TXC335-022300-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060502T2300Z/
MITCHELL TX-
506 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MITCHELL COUNTY...
AT 502 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
LAKE COLORADO CITY. IN ADDITION A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HALF
DOLLAR TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 12 TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO
CITY.
THE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF WESTBROOK AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AT 505 PM CDT.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE...COLORADO CITY...
LORAINE...WESTBROOK.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WEST TEXAS.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3249 10110 3228 10110 3225 10069 3250 10069
3249 10081
$$000
WWUS54 KMAF 022215
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
513 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
TXC335-022300-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060502T2300Z/
MITCHELL TX-
513 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MITCHELL COUNTY...
AT 509 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH. COLORADO CITY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3249 10110 3228 10110 3225 10069 3250 10069
3249 10081
$$000
WWUS54 KMAF 022234
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
531 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
TXC335-022300-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060502T2300Z/
MITCHELL TX-
531 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MITCHELL COUNTY...
AT 527 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED TWO TORNADOES.
ONE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE WEST OF THE WEST INTERCHANGE IN COLORADO
CITY. THE OTHER TORNADO WAS NEAR THE POWER PLANT ON HIGHWAY 163...5
MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. THE TORNADOES WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR WEST TEXAS.
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3249 10110 3228 10110 3225 10069 3250 10069
3249 10081
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 56 min |
| May 2, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 67 min |
| May 2, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 60 min |
| May 2, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 53 min |
| May 2, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 56 min |
| May 2, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 61 min |
| May 2, 5:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| May 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 53 min |
| May 2, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 66 min |
| May 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 64 min |
| May 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 60 min |
| May 2, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.