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Tornado Watch 171

May 14, 20104 counties in New Mexico; 42 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 14, 2010, 11:45 AM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico; 42 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2010, 11:45 AM MDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2010, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
4 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 46 counties

Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Ector County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 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 SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
50%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
20%
Ten or more severe wind reports
50%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
80%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
70%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

69 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 11:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Winkler68 min
May 14, 11:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin63 min
May 14, 12:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin, Midland56 min
May 14, 12:07 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Winkler38 min
May 14, 12:11 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Ector34 min
May 14, 12:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling44 min
May 14, 12:17 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Mitchell17 min
May 14, 12:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland6 hr
May 14, 12:24 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFMartin, Midland36 min
May 14, 12:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln50 min
May 14, 12:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke18 min
May 14, 12:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea53 min
May 14, 12:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector62 min
May 14, 12:44 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFMidland31 min
May 14, 12:46 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea29 min
May 14, 12:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland65 min
May 14, 1:06 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea24 min
May 14, 1:11 PM MDTTornado WarningABQLincoln19 min
May 14, 1:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
May 14, 1:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Ward, Winkler55 min
May 14, 1:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln54 min
May 14, 1:34 PM MDTTornado WarningABQLincoln36 min
May 14, 1:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea35 min
May 14, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin35 min
May 14, 1:40 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland35 min
May 14, 1:43 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland32 min
May 14, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves23 min
May 14, 2:02 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard28 min
May 14, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Winkler60 min
May 14, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln44 min
May 14, 2:20 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTSterling40 min
May 14, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland54 min
May 14, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin, Mitchell60 min
May 14, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCoke, Tom Green51 min
May 14, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves33 min
May 14, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling59 min
May 14, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Crane, Ector, Martin, Midland, Upton52 min
May 14, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green37 min
May 14, 3:11 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTSterling49 min
May 14, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin30 min
May 14, 3:33 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Sterling31 min
May 14, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves44 min
May 14, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Pecos, Upton, Ward64 min
May 14, 4:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin3 hr
May 14, 4:18 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton, Ward27 min
May 14, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves27 min
May 14, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy57 min
May 14, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton58 min
May 14, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton59 min
May 14, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy53 min
May 14, 5:10 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy35 min
May 14, 5:12 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFReagan33 min
May 14, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea55 min
May 14, 5:44 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFReagan31 min
May 14, 5:57 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTIrion48 min
May 14, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Reagan, Upton61 min
May 14, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea55 min
May 14, 6:20 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFReagan25 min
May 14, 6:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
May 14, 6:32 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett43 min
May 14, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTIrion51 min
May 14, 6:46 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett44 min
May 14, 6:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos23 min
May 14, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTColeman, Concho, Runnels, Tom Green58 min
May 14, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett45 min
May 14, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett51 min
May 14, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSchleicher47 min
May 14, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett34 min
May 14, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett47 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1514 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 2:09 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt96 min
May 14, 4:12 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea and 2 more8 hr
May 14, 6:51 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea and 2 more84 min
May 14, 11:11 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln94 min
May 14, 4:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea64 min
May 14, 6:09 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bexar, Comal, Gillespie, Kendall, Medina2 hr
May 14, 9:20 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Grayson, Hood and 10 more3 hr
May 14, 3:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus and 1 more63 min
May 14, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Marion, Morris and 4 more7 hr
May 14, 5:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston and 11 more118 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.