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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2014, 6:28 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Glasscock County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Ese Garden City, TX | TORNADO NORTH OF 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234
WFUS54 KMAF 262328
TORMAF
TXC173-270000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0016.140526T2328Z-140527T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
628 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GARDEN
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORNADOS.
* THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...EASTERN 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 ANY 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 3166 10138 3189 10152 3203 10143 3200 10126
3166 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 288DEG 21KT 3188 10138
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Cochran | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 64 min |
| May 26, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 63 min |
| May 26, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 52 min |
| May 26, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| May 26, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines | 56 min |
| May 26, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 58 min |
| May 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 53 min |
| May 26, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Martin | 34 min |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin, Midland | 33 min |
| May 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 62 min |
| May 26, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 46 min |
| May 26, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 65 min |
| May 26, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin | 61 min |
| May 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 45 min |
| May 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 36 min |
| May 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 49 min |
| May 26, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Martin, Midland | 35 min |
| May 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 47 min |
| May 26, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 29 min |
| May 26, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 51 min |
| May 26, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 31 min |
| May 26, 6:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 2 hr |
| May 26, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 64 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.