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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 2008Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2008, 4:43 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2008, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2008, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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.

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, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 2069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 262143
TORMAF
TXC371-262215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0023.080526T2143Z-080526T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
443 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF IMPERIAL...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRANE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
  THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  STATE HIGHWAY 11 EAST OF IMPERIAL...OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME
  NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.

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

THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN
UNDERGROUND SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE... SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES... EVACUATE THEM AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3127 10263 3122 10248 3118 10244 3112 10244
      3106 10242 3101 10261 3118 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 228DEG 15KT 3117 10261

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 262205
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
505 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

TXC371-262215-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080526T2215Z/
PECOS TX-
505 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...

AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF IMPERIAL OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRANE...MOVING EAST 
AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL. 

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...OPEN COUNTRY OF
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.

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

THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN
UNDERGROUND SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE... SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES... EVACUATE THEM AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3127 10263 3122 10248 3118 10244 3112 10244
      3106 10242 3101 10261 3118 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 228DEG 15KT 3123 10253

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Reagan, Reeves, Ward	133 days
May 25, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	55 min
May 25, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Upton, Ward	61 min
May 25, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	57 min
May 26, 5:19 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF		16 hr
May 26, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	57 min
May 26, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	62 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	60 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	61 min
May 26, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	46 min
May 26, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	44 min
May 26, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	29 min
May 26, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	30 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	4 hr
May 26, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.