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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2015, 5:48 PM CDT for Pecos County, Reeves County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 18, 2015, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 18, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
795
WFUS54 KMAF 182248
TORMAF
TXC371-389-475-182315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.150518T2248Z-150518T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
548 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
WESTERN WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 546 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF B F GOODRICH TESTING
TRACK...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
B F GOODRICH TESTING TRACK AROUND 555 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 3163 10316 3126 10282 3119 10327 3136 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 255DEG 18KT 3132 10329
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
STROBIN1 follow-up statement
507
WWUS54 KMAF 182300
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
600 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015
TXC371-389-475-182315-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150518T2315Z/
PECOS TX-WARD TX-REEVES TX-
600 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL REEVES...
WESTERN WARD AND NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 556 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR B F GOODRICH
TESTING TRACK...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. A SPOTTER REPORTED A
SHORT LIVED TORNADO FOUR MILES EAST OF TOYAH LAKE EARLIER WITH THIS
STORM.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
REEVES...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND WESTERN WARD COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3163 10316 3126 10282 3119 10327 3136 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 255DEG 18KT 3133 10323
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
STROBINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 22 hr |
| May 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 26 min |
| May 18, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 36 min |
| May 18, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 26 min |
| May 18, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 52 min |
| May 18, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 38 min |
| May 18, 5:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 18, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 24 min |
| May 18, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 47 min |
| May 18, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
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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.