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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 10, 2015Reagan County, Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 11:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan12 min
May 9, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton53 min
May 10, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan, Upton60 min
May 10, 12:34 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos26 min
May 10, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell64 min
May 10, 12:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Pecos, Reagan, Terrell, Upton3 hr
May 10, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos48 min
May 10, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan, Upton58 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell30 min

Nearby

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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.