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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2014, 3:26 PM CDT for Andrews County, Dawson County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Andrews County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 26, 3:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Sw Patricia, TX | SPOTTER REPORTED BRIEF ROPE TORNADO NEAR PATRICIA. |
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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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.
000
WFUS54 KMAF 262026
TORMAF
TXC003-115-317-262100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0009.140526T2026Z-140526T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
326 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF
THREE LEAGUES...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
THREE LEAGUES...
KLONDIKE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN
UNDERGROUND SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE... SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES... EVACUATE THEM AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3252 10220 3257 10188 3230 10187 3236 10229
3252 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 270DEG 23KT 3245 10220
$$
HLUCHAN1 follow-up statement
725
WWUS54 KMAF 262040
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
340 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
TXC003-262050-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140526T2100Z/
ANDREWS-
340 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE
THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3236 10221 3252 10220 3254 10209 3254 10188
3230 10187 3233 10209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 273DEG 23KT 3244 10209
$$
TXC115-317-262100-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140526T2100Z/
DAWSON-MARTIN-
340 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MARTIN AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTIES...
AT 339 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THREE LEAGUES...OR ABOUT 22
MILES SOUTH OF LAMESA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...THREE LEAGUES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.
THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR AN
UNDERGROUND SHELTER. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE... SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES... EVACUATE THEM AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE... LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3236 10221 3252 10220 3254 10209 3254 10188
3230 10187 3233 10209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 273DEG 23KT 3244 10209
$$
HLUCHANThe 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, 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, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 32 min |
| 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.