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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2015, 12:54 AM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2015, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Reagan County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
359
WFUS54 KMAF 100554
TORMAF
TXC383-100630-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0011.150510T0554Z-150510T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1254 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1252 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT SH 137.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
BIG LAKE AROUND 105 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE REAGAN COUNTY 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 3131 10133 3109 10131 3108 10160 3122 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 251DEG 15KT 3116 10151
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
922
WWUS54 KMAF 100605
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
105 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
TXC383-100630-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150510T0630Z/
REAGAN TX-
105 AM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL REAGAN
COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 104 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BIG LAKE AROUND 110 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE REAGAN COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3131 10133 3109 10131 3108 10160 3122 10161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 254DEG 15KT 3117 10148
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$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, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 26 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, 12:57 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.