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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 2008Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2008, 5:46 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 26, 2008, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pecos County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 6:03 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	13 E Fort Stockton, TX	GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AT MILE MARKER 273 ON I-10.
May 26, 6:07 PM CDT	HAIL 4.25	18 E Fort Stockton, TX	SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT MILE MARKER 278 ON I-10.
May 26, 6:07 PM CDT	TORNADO	18 E Fort Stockton, TX	REPORT OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT MILE MARKER 278.

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 26, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 262246
TORMAF
TXC371-262315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0024.080526T2246Z-080526T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF
  BAKERSFIELD...MOVING SOUTH AT 17 MPH. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS     
  LARGE HAIL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...
  INTERSTATE 10 NEAR MILE MARKER BETWEEN 274 AND 284

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

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

LAT...LON 3112 10252 3094 10232 3078 10225 3069 10263
      3098 10271
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 338DEG 15KT 3089 10258

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 262301
SVSMAF

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

TXC371-262315-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080526T2315Z/
PECOS TX-
601 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...

AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A STORM CAPABLE PRODUCING A TORNADO. REPORTS OF A ROPE FUNNEL 
CLOUD ARE BEING REPORTED ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF FORT STOCKTON NEAR 
THE 385/67 TURN OFF ALONG INTERSTATE 10...AND IS MOVING SOUTH AT 17 
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY 
AND AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 272 AND 289. VERY 
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS IS POSSIBLE.

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

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.

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

LAT...LON 3078 10225 3069 10263 3092 10268 3108 10248
      3094 10232
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 338DEG 15KT 3084 10256

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 262311
SVSMAF

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

TXC371-262315-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080526T2315Z/
PECOS TX-
611 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...

AT 607 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR 
INTERSTATE 10 AT MILE MARKER 278 AND THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS 
SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CENTRAL PECOS 
COUNTY AND INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 269 AND 292.

TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. 

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

LAT...LON 3078 10225 3069 10263 3092 10268 3108 10248
      3094 10232
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 344DEG 7KT 3085 10259

$$

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, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	32 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.