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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 2014Reagan County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2014, 4:18 PM CDT for Reagan County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 24, 2014, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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 24, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2014-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1629 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 12:00Z on 2014-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

025 
WFUS54 KMAF 242118
TORMAF
TXC383-461-242145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0004.140524T2118Z-140524T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
418 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  EAST CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
  CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF RANKIN...MOVING EAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  EASTERN UPTON COUNTY...
  WESTERN REAGAN 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 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3150 10162 3128 10158 3125 10198 3143 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 261DEG 17KT 3135 10189

$$
1 follow-up statement
049 
WWUS54 KMAF 242132 RRA
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
432 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

TXC383-461-242145-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140524T2145Z/
REAGAN-UPTON-
432 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL UPTON AND WEST CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTIES...

AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 
MILES NORTHEAST OF RANKIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...EAST CENTRAL UPTON
COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL REAGAN 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 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 10195 3150 10162 3128 10158 3126 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 258DEG 18KT 3134 10177

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCulberson23 min
May 23, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson42 min
May 23, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines54 min
May 23, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward29 min
May 23, 10:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFHoward, Martin, Mitchell112 min
May 24, 9:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson, Martin46 min
May 24, 9:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson3 hr
May 24, 10:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden3 hr
May 24, 11:22 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFHoward3 hr
May 24, 12:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWinkler27 min
May 24, 12:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell, Scurry3 hr
May 24, 12:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell, Scurry25 min
May 24, 1:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell, Scurry27 min
May 24, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves32 min
May 24, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane46 min
May 24, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves40 min
May 24, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos39 min
May 24, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard49 min
May 24, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor43 min
May 24, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane, Upton42 min
May 24, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos50 min
May 24, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland63 min
May 24, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Reagan, Upton58 min
May 24, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos55 min
May 24, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton62 min
May 24, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan, Upton64 min
May 24, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell24 min
May 24, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan, Upton47 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reagan, Upton55 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Terrell3 hr
May 24, 5:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Pecos3 hr
May 24, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan, Upton54 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Terrell64 min
May 24, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell35 min
May 24, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan61 min
May 24, 6:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReagan3 hr
May 24, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell59 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.