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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2009, 10:15 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 5 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 16, 2009, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2009, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Howard County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Big Spring, TX | |
| Apr 16, 10:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Big Spring, TX | |
| Apr 16, 10:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Big Spring, TX | |
| Apr 16, 10:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Big Spring, TX | |
| Apr 16, 10:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Coahoma, TX |
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 16, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 170315 TORMAF TXC227-170415- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.090417T0315Z-090417T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1015 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1013 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KNOTT...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... KNOTT... FAIRVIEW... LUTHER... VINCENT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3251 10122 3223 10119 3222 10168 3250 10169 TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 255DEG 26KT 3242 10171 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 170331 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1031 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009 TXC227-170415- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090417T0415Z/ HOWARD TX- 1031 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY... AT 1028 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A STORM NORTH OF KNOTT CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. ADDITIONAL PARTS OF THE STORM EXTEND SOUTH TO BIG SPRING AND GOLFBALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN BIG SPRING. THIS STORM MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...FAIRVIEW...LUTHER AND VINCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3251 10122 3223 10119 3222 10168 3250 10169 TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 255DEG 26KT 3244 10160 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 170337 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1037 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009 TXC227-170415- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090417T0415Z/ HOWARD TX- 1037 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY... AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT STRONG ROTATION WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR LUTHER...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF BIG SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...LUTHER AND VINCENT. PERSONS IN LUTHER AND VINCENT SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3251 10122 3223 10119 3222 10168 3250 10169 TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 255DEG 26KT 3246 10154 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 170359 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1059 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009 TXC227-170415- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090417T0415Z/ HOWARD TX- 1059 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN HOWARD COUNTY... AT 1057 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES EAST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THIS STORM INCLUDE... COAHOMA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3251 10122 3223 10119 3222 10168 3250 10169 TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 270DEG 22KT 3230 10127 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 55 min |
| Apr 16, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Pecos | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 23 min |
| Apr 16, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 63 min |
| Apr 16, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Midland, Upton | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 10:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Martin | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 10:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan, Upton | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 11:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 66 min |
| Apr 16, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 12:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 4:58 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Loving, Pecos, Ward, Winkler | 14 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Crockett, Pecos, Terrell | 8 hr |
| Apr 17, 8:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Crockett, Terrell | 8 hr |
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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.