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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2011, 5:44 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Sep 16, 2011, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
042 WFUS54 KMAF 162244 TORMAF TXC043-243-371-162345- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0010.110916T2244Z-110916T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 544 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOVEY...OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS MONITORING THIS STORM FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * 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. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING OR AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3072 10298 3041 10316 3066 10348 3083 10342 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 300DEG 16KT 3066 10333 $$
2 follow-up statements
599 WWUS54 KMAF 162302 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 602 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011 TXC043-243-371-162345- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110916T2345Z/ PECOS TX-BREWSTER TX-JEFF DAVIS TX- 602 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES... AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF HOVEY...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3072 10298 3041 10316 3066 10348 3083 10342 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 300DEG 16KT 3063 10319 $$
445 WWUS54 KMAF 162333 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 633 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011 TXC043-243-371-162345- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110916T2345Z/ PECOS TX-BREWSTER TX-JEFF DAVIS TX- 633 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES... AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES EAST OF HOVEY...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3072 10298 3041 10316 3066 10348 3083 10342 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 300DEG 16KT 3058 10305 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 32 min |
| Sep 16, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 59 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.