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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2010, 3:42 PM CDT for Brewster 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 17, 2010, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2010, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brewster County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 224 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 17, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 8 Sse Alpine, TX | 3.00 INCH HAIL REPORTED 8 MILES SSE OF ALPINE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 17, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 2459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556 WFUS54 KMAF 172042 TORMAF TXC043-172115- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0017.100517T2042Z-100517T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 342 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF ALTUDA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALPINE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY... WESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY... 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3043 10358 3027 10337 3006 10360 3033 10368 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 359DEG 15KT 3026 10358 $$
1 follow-up statement
669
WWUS54 KMAF 172100
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
400 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010
TXC043-172115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-100517T2115Z/
BREWSTER TX-
400 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...
AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF ALTUDA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ALPINE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...NORTHWESTERN
BREWSTER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3031 10367 3036 10358 3027 10337 3006 10360
3016 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 003DEG 15KT 3025 10356
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 17, 3:07 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 3:07 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 307 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010 .DISCUSSION... FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS MOVING SOUTH INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION WAS SLOW TO DEVELOP WEST EARLIER DUE TO COOLER SURFACE TEMPS FROM LINGERING CLOUDS...BUT THIS IS NO LONGER THE CASE AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MANAGED TO DEVELOP IN HOWARD AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS THANKS TO DEWPOINTS APPROACHING 60. SHEAR VALUES SUPPORT SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. CANNOT RULE OUT THE TORNADO THREAT IF A THUNDERSTORMS MANAGES TO STAY ANCHORED ON THE FRONT BISECTING THE BASIN BUT THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT AS THE ORIENTATION OF THE FRONT DOES NOT MATCH WELL WITH EXPECTED STORM MOVEMENT. THUNDERSTORMS MAY NOT LAST LONG INTO THIS EVENING UNLESS AN MCS FORMS...MAINLY FROM THE CONVECTION IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND ROLLS SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. TOMORROW WILL SEE A CONTINUED THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH SLIGHTLY INCREASED SHEAR VALUES AND A DRYLINE TO FORCE CONVECTION ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL BE DRY WITH INCREASING TEMPS. A WEAK FRONT ON THURSDAY WILL DO LITTLE TO COOL THINGS OFF WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS REMAINING. HENNIG && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 65 85 67 90 / 40 30 30 10 CARLSBAD NM 58 92 57 92 / 60 10 10 10 DRYDEN TX 68 91 67 93 / 60 20 20 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 65 92 65 94 / 60 30 20 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 59 87 60 85 / 30 10 0 0 HOBBS NM 60 91 62 90 / 40 30 20 10 MARFA TX 56 88 50 88 / 30 20 10 0 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 62 87 65 91 / 50 30 20 10 ODESSA TX 63 87 66 90 / 50 30 20 10 WINK TX 65 97 65 98 / 40 30 20 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 44/10
Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 3:05 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 305 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-182015- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 305 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010 /205 PM MDT MON MAY 17 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE TRANS PECOS REGION...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND THE BIG BEND REGION. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE TRANS PECOS REGION TUESDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 1:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 112 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010 TXZ074-171900- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 112 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CDT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY TO EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY AT 112 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. &&
Special weather statement, May 17, 2:54 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 254 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010 TXZ052-053-063-172030- HOWARD-MITCHELL-GLASSCOCK- 254 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK...SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD AND SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY AT 254 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. &&
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 66 min |
| May 16, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 39 min |
| May 17, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 41 min |
| May 17, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 40 min |
| May 17, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 56 min |
| May 17, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 60 min |
| May 17, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 36 min |
| May 17, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves | 63 min |
| May 17, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis | 53 min |
| May 17, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 60 min |
| May 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 55 min |
| May 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 32 min |
| May 17, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 55 min |
| May 17, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 54 min |
| May 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 44 min |
| May 17, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 63 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.