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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 2014Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2014, 1:42 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 25, 2014, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2014, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 1:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	25 Ene Marathon, TX	SPOTTER REPORTED A COUPLE GROUND CIRCULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A LANDSPOUT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

448 
WFUS54 KMAF 251842
TORMAF
TXC043-371-251915-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0008.140525T1842Z-140525T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
142 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
  CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...OR 19 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING
  EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY...
  NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3036 10265 3011 10275 3018 10294 3025 10306
      3042 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 279DEG 8KT 3031 10293

$$
HLUCHAN

1 follow-up statement

297 
WWUS54 KMAF 251901
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
201 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

TXC043-371-251915-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140525T1915Z/
PECOS-BREWSTER-
201 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...

AT 156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...NORTHEASTERN
BREWSTER COUNTY AND SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS 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 SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3021 10293 3039 10297 3040 10286 3037 10271
      3018 10272 3016 10273
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 261DEG 12KT 3031 10285

$$
HLUCHAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	3 hr
May 24, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	60 min
May 24, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	24 min
May 24, 8:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Reagan	3 hr
May 24, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	33 min
May 24, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	59 min
May 24, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Upton	58 min
May 24, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	63 min
May 24, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	53 min
May 24, 8:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson	3 hr
May 24, 8:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crockett	35 min
May 24, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	62 min
May 24, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crockett	30 min
May 24, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	52 min
May 24, 10:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Terrell	5 hr
May 24, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		42 min
May 24, 11:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	4 hr
May 24, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	60 min
May 24, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crockett	48 min
May 25, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	67 min
May 25, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	61 min
May 25, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	55 min
May 25, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	57 min
May 25, 3:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Crockett, Terrell	51 hr
May 25, 4:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector, Midland	3 hr
May 25, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector, Midland	40 min
May 25, 5:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector	3 hr
May 25, 5:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	3 hr
May 25, 7:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	33 min
May 25, 7:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	3 hr
May 25, 7:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	42 min
May 25, 7:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
May 25, 7:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	26 min
May 25, 7:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock	3 hr
May 25, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	46 min
May 25, 8:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	28 min
May 25, 8:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	4 hr
May 25, 8:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	32 min
May 25, 10:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Reagan	4 hr
May 25, 10:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Martin	3 hr
May 25, 10:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	2 hr
May 25, 12:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	40 min
May 25, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	47 min
May 25, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	37 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.