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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2014, 7:07 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 23 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, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1419 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WFUS54 KMAF 240007 TORMAF NMC015-TXC109-240030- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.140524T0007Z-140524T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 607 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 630 PM MDT/730 PM CDT/ * AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTH OF WHITES CITY...OR 29 MILES EAST OF PINE SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... WHITES CITY... 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 MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY MORNING/100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3221 10448 3222 10420 3187 10423 3186 10441 TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 178DEG 17KT 3196 10432 $$
1 follow-up statement
285 WWUS54 KMAF 240017 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 617 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 NMC015-TXC109-240030- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140524T0030Z/ CULBERSON-EDDY- 617 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT/730 PM CDT/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY AND NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTIES... AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF WHITES CITY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...WHITES CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME...TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT SATURDAY MORNING/100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3221 10448 3222 10420 3187 10423 3186 10441 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 178DEG 17KT 3202 10431 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 42 min |
| May 23, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 54 min |
| May 23, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 29 min |
| May 23, 10:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Martin, Mitchell | 112 min |
| May 24, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 46 min |
| May 24, 9:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 24, 11:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| May 24, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 27 min |
| May 24, 12:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 24, 12:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 25 min |
| May 24, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 27 min |
| May 24, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 32 min |
| May 24, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 46 min |
| May 24, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 40 min |
| May 24, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 39 min |
| May 24, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 49 min |
| May 24, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 43 min |
| May 24, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane, Upton | 42 min |
| May 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 63 min |
| May 24, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Reagan, Upton | 58 min |
| May 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 55 min |
| May 24, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 62 min |
| May 24, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 64 min |
| May 24, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 24 min |
| May 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 47 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reagan, Upton | 55 min |
| May 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 54 min |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 64 min |
| May 24, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 35 min |
| May 24, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 61 min |
| May 24, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 59 min |
| May 23, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 17 min |
| May 23, 7:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| May 23, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 56 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 23, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 4 hr |
| May 23, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 54 min |
| May 23, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 23 min |
| May 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 62 min |
| May 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 23, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 22 min |
| May 23, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 29 min |
| May 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 32 min |
| May 23, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 57 min |
| May 24, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 43 min |
| May 24, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 6 hr |
| May 24, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 24, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 24, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 24, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| May 24, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| May 24, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 67 min |
| May 24, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 59 min |
| May 24, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 62 min |
| May 24, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 60 min |
| May 24, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 56 min |
| May 24, 6:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 4 hr |
| May 24, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 4 hr |
| May 24, 4:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.