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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2006, 5:56 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 3 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, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2006, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 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), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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, 5:57 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 022300 TORMAF TXC335-030000- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0004.060502T2256Z-060503T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 556 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... STATE ROUTE 208 SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY... CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR... A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3210 10068 3235 10067 3235 10103 3210 10104 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 022333 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 630 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 TXC335-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060503T0000Z/ MITCHELL TX- 630 PM CDT TUE MAY 2 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 625 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR...5 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY. AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR AND ADJACENT STATE HIGHWAY 208. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3210 10068 3235 10067 3235 10103 3210 10104 $$
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, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 60 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, 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.