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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2015, 12:34 AM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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 10, 2015, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 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 9, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
798
WFUS54 KMAF 100534
TORMAF
TXC371-100600-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0010.150510T0534Z-150510T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1234 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1232 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR IRAAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
IRAAN AROUND 1245 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE IRAAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
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 3080 10207 3098 10207 3099 10198 3093 10191
3093 10189 3092 10187 3089 10188 3087 10185
3083 10184 3081 10183 3079 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 270DEG 14KT 3089 10196
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
817
WWUS54 KMAF 100548
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1248 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
TXC371-100600-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150510T0600Z/
PECOS TX-
1248 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL PECOS
COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT...
AT 1245 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IRAAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
IRAAN AROUND 1255 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE IRAAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3080 10207 3098 10207 3099 10198 3093 10191
3093 10189 3092 10187 3089 10188 3087 10185
3083 10184 3081 10183 3079 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 283DEG 15KT 3083 10197
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 12 min |
| May 9, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 53 min |
| May 10, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan, Upton | 60 min |
| May 10, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 64 min |
| May 10, 12:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Reagan, Terrell, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 10, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan | 36 min |
| May 10, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 48 min |
| May 10, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 58 min |
| May 10, 1:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 30 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.