Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2010, 6:12 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 14, 2010, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2010, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Reagan County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 14, 6:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Nnw Stiles, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1514 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
493 WFUS54 KMAF 142312 TORMAF TXC383-142345- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.100514T2312Z-100514T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 612 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF STILES...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIG LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... STILES... 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 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3154 10129 3131 10129 3139 10170 3154 10171 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 282DEG 20KT 3149 10161 $$
1 follow-up statement
678 WWUS54 KMAF 142328 RRA SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 628 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 TXC383-142345- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100514T2345Z/ REAGAN TX- 628 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTY... AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STILES...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF BIG LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...HIGHWAY FM 33 NORTH OF BIG LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3154 10129 3131 10129 3139 10170 3154 10171 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 272DEG 21KT 3147 10151 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| May 14, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 68 min |
| May 14, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin | 63 min |
| May 14, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin, Midland | 56 min |
| May 14, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 38 min |
| May 14, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 34 min |
| May 14, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 17 min |
| May 14, 1:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 6 hr |
| May 14, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 36 min |
| May 14, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 62 min |
| May 14, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland | 31 min |
| May 14, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Winkler | 29 min |
| May 14, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 65 min |
| May 14, 2:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Ward, Winkler | 55 min |
| May 14, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 60 min |
| May 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 35 min |
| May 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 35 min |
| May 14, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 32 min |
| May 14, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 28 min |
| May 14, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 60 min |
| May 14, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 54 min |
| May 14, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Mitchell | 60 min |
| May 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 63 min |
| May 14, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Ector, Martin, Midland, Upton | 52 min |
| May 14, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Pecos, Upton, Ward | 64 min |
| May 14, 5:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin | 3 hr |
| May 14, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland and 5 more | 35 hr |
| May 14, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton, Ward | 27 min |
| May 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Midland, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 58 min |
| May 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 59 min |
| May 14, 6:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| May 14, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan | 31 min |
| May 14, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Reagan, Upton | 61 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2010Every tornado warning in 2010Tornadoes in 2010
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.