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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 2014Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2014, 7:44 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 26, 2014, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Glasscock County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 744 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

942 
WFUS54 KMAF 270044
TORMAF
TXC173-270115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0018.140527T0044Z-140527T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
744 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 815 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GARDEN     
  CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED 
  WITH THIS STORM.

* THE TORNADO 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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3177 10160 3200 10159 3201 10126 3174 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 264DEG 16KT 3187 10137

$$
2 follow-up statements
554 
WWUS54 KMAF 270100
SVSMAF

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

TXC173-270115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140527T0115Z/
GLASSCOCK-
800 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
GLASSCOCK COUNTY...

AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF GARDEN
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...EAST CENTRAL
GLASSCOCK COUNTY AND EXTREME EAST 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 3177 10160 3200 10159 3201 10126 3174 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 264DEG 16KT 3188 10129

$$
923 
WWUS54 KMAF 270113
SVSMAF

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

TXC173-270123-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140527T0115Z/
GLASSCOCK-
813 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
815 PM CDT...

AT 813 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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3177 10160 3200 10159 3201 10126 3174 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 264DEG 16KT 3189 10122

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland3 hr
May 26, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock35 min
May 26, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward31 min
May 26, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland52 min
May 26, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland33 min
May 26, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan62 min
May 26, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton64 min
May 26, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan34 min
May 26, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan59 min
May 27, 5:32 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more4 hr

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.