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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2010, 1:11 PM CDT for Andrews County, Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 14, 2010, 1:11 PM CDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2010, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Andrews County, TX, Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.
202 WFUS54 KMAF 141811 TORMAF TXC003-135-141845- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.100514T1811Z-100514T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 111 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... NORTH CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 145 PM CDT * AT 109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDSMITH...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST ODESSA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... GOLDSMITH... NORTH COWDEN... 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 3220 10263 3213 10228 3186 10255 3186 10269 TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 193DEG 24KT 3191 10259 $$
1 follow-up statement
687 WWUS54 KMAF 141832 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 132 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 TXC003-135-141845- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100514T1845Z/ ANDREWS TX-ECTOR TX- 132 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL ECTOR AND SOUTH CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTIES... AT 127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. RADAR TRENDS INDICATE INCREASING ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOLDSMITH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST ODESSA...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...GOLDSMITH AND NORTH COWDEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3220 10263 3213 10228 3186 10255 3186 10269 TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 196DEG 17KT 3194 10259 $$
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, 1:17 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, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan | 33 min |
| 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 |
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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.