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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2015, 3:54 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 4, 2015, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Jeff Davis County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 W Balmorhea, TX |
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 4, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 4, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
836
WFUS54 KMAF 042054
TORMAF
TXC243-389-042145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0001.150504T2054Z-150504T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
354 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 349 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF BALMORHEA...AND MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TOYAHVALE AROUND 435 PM CDT.
BALMORHEA AROUND 445 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BALMORHEA STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3112 10370 3090 10374 3100 10403 3117 10397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 282DEG 13KT 3103 10396
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$2 follow-up statements
584
WWUS54 KMAF 042109
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
409 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
TXC243-042117-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150504T2145Z/
JEFF DAVIS TX-
409 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS CROSSED THE COUNTY LINE AND
MOVED OUT O THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3103 10397 3115 10394 3112 10370 3090 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 269DEG 22KT 3104 10382
$$
TXC389-042145-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150504T2145Z/
REEVES TX-
409 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 405 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BALMORHEA OR 10 WEST OF SARAGOSA...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BALMORHEA AROUND 420 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3103 10397 3115 10394 3112 10370 3090 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 269DEG 22KT 3104 10382
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$248
WWUS54 KMAF 042123
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
423 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
TXC389-042145-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150504T2145Z/
REEVES TX-
423 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES
COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BALMORHEA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
REEVES COUNTY...BALMORHEA AND INTERSTATE 10 NEAR BALMORHEA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3103 10397 3115 10394 3112 10370 3090 10374
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 285DEG 20KT 3101 10375
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min | |
| May 3, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 43 min |
| May 3, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 38 min |
| May 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 66 min |
| May 4, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 26 min |
| May 4, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 35 min |
| May 4, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 23 min |
| May 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 61 min |
| May 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 25 min |
| May 4, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 22 min |
| May 4, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 44 min |
| May 4, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 28 min |
| May 4, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 50 min |
| May 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 44 min |
| May 4, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 63 min |
| May 4, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| May 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 25 min |
| May 4, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 54 min |
| May 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 45 min |
| May 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 51 min |
| May 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 51 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.