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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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 22, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 8:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 22, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Iraan, TX | QUARTER TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN IRAAN |
| May 22, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Iraan, TX | A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED HALF DOLLAR TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN IRAAN. |
| May 22, 8:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Iraan, TX | THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN IRAAN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
548
WFUS54 KMAF 230045
TORMAF
TXC371-230130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0006.110523T0045Z-110523T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
745 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
IRAAN...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHEFFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IRAAN...
U.S. HIGHWAY 190...
STATE HIGHWAY 349...
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 3076 10184 3087 10210 3094 10209 3094 10191
3093 10189 3092 10187 3089 10188 3087 10185
3083 10184 3081 10183 3077 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 279DEG 21KT 3088 10199
$$1 follow-up statement
895
WWUS54 KMAF 230110
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
810 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
TXC371-230120-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110523T0130Z/
PECOS TX-
810 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PECOS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3076 10184 3087 10210 3094 10209 3094 10191
3093 10189 3092 10187 3089 10188 3087 10185
3083 10184 3081 10183 3077 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 279DEG 21KT 3086 10182
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 56 min |
| May 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 37 hr |
| May 23, 3:00 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 9 more | 28 hr |
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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.