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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 23, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 208 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
366 WFUS54 KMAF 232345 TORMAF TXC109-240030- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0001.140523T2345Z-140524T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 645 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY...OR 28 MILES EAST OF PINE SPRINGS... MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NORTHERN CULBERSON 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3200 10450 3200 10423 3167 10425 3166 10446 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 177DEG 19KT 3179 10436 $$
1 follow-up statement
413 WWUS54 KMAF 240003 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 703 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 TXC109-240030- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140524T0030Z/ CULBERSON- 703 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY... AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 27 MILES EAST OF PINE SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE STORM IS CROSSING FARM TO MARKET ROAD 652 NEAR MILE MARKER 148. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3200 10450 3200 10423 3167 10425 3166 10446 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 177DEG 19KT 3189 10435 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 31 min | |
| May 22, 7:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 39 min | |
| May 23, 5:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 4 days |
| May 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 30 min |
| May 23, 12:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Howard | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 23, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 59 min |
| May 23, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 65 min |
| May 23, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 55 min |
| May 23, 4:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 23, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 59 min |
| May 23, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 58 min |
| May 23, 5:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| May 23, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 61 min |
| May 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 23, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| May 23, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 57 min |
| May 23, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 53 min |
| May 23, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 57 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.