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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2010, 7:44 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 22, 2010, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2010, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
872 WFUS54 KMAF 230044 TORMAF TXC371-230115- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0021.100523T0044Z-100523T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 744 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM THAT MAY TORNADO AT ANY TIME. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... WESTERN PECOS 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. && LAT...LON 3091 10333 3087 10307 3066 10334 3081 10353 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 059DEG 5KT 3079 10333 $$
1 follow-up statement
319 WWUS54 KMAF 230102 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 802 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2010 TXC371-230115- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100523T0115Z/ PECOS TX- 802 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY... AT 757 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3091 10333 3087 10307 3066 10334 3081 10353 TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 059DEG 5KT 3079 10333 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 30 min |
| May 22, 7:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 44 min |
| May 22, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 26 min |
| May 23, 4:59 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 17 hr | |
| May 23, 2:47 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 14 hr | |
| May 23, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 57 min |
| May 23, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 62 min |
| May 23, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 28 min |
| May 23, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 32 min |
| May 23, 6:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 23, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.