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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 2014Glasscock County, Martin County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2014, 5:25 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Martin County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 26, 2014, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Glasscock County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 5:58 PM CDTTORNADO6 Nw Garden City, TXREPORT OF A MULTIPLE VORTICES TORNADO NEAR CR 415 AND HWY 158.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2014-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 998 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 2014-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

882 
WFUS54 KMAF 262225
TORMAF
TXC173-317-329-262300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.140526T2225Z-140526T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
525 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SPRABERRY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF STANTON...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  WESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY...
  CENTRAL GLASSCOCK 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3172 10171 3203 10190 3214 10174 3211 10169
      3209 10169 3209 10164 3194 10137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 308DEG 21KT 3199 10177

$$
1 follow-up statement
114 
WWUS54 KMAF 262242
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
542 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

TXC173-317-329-262300-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140526T2300Z/
GLASSCOCK-MARTIN-MIDLAND-
542 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND...SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN AND NORTHERN GLASSCOCK
COUNTIES...

AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF SPRABERRY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF STANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A RAIN WRAPPED FUNNEL CLOUD 
HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CENTRAL GLASSCOCK
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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE A TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER
NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3172 10171 3203 10190 3214 10174 3211 10169
      3209 10169 3209 10164 3194 10137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 301DEG 21KT 3196 10166

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCochran25 min
May 26, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster64 min
May 26, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Terrell63 min
May 26, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews, Gaines52 min
May 26, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos51 min
May 26, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines56 min
May 26, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell58 min
May 26, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin53 min
May 26, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Martin34 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward, Martin45 min
May 26, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin, Midland33 min
May 26, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell62 min
May 26, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin46 min
May 26, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell65 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin61 min
May 26, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward45 min
May 26, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland36 min
May 26, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry49 min
May 26, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward, Mitchell47 min
May 26, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines29 min
May 26, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Mitchell51 min
May 26, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan31 min
May 26, 6:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry2 hr
May 26, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock32 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock64 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.