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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 18, 2015Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2015, 7:42 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 18, 2015, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 18, 7:52 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 E Coyanosa, TX	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.

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 18, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

664 
WFUS54 KMAF 190042
TORMAF
TXC371-190115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0014.150519T0042Z-150519T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
742 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...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COYANOSA...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 5 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 NORTH
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.

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 3124 10272 3103 10281 3114 10310 3131 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 290DEG 8KT 3119 10296

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

STROBIN

1 follow-up statement

978 
WWUS54 KMAF 190058
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
758 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015

TXC371-190115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150519T0115Z/
PECOS TX-
758 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

AT 756 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COYANOSA...AND MOVING EAST AT 5
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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
IMPERIAL RESERVOIR.

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 3124 10272 3103 10281 3114 10310 3131 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 290DEG 8KT 3118 10292

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

STROBIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	45 min
May 18, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	47 min
May 18, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	30 min
May 18, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
May 18, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward	48 min
May 18, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	22 min
May 18, 8:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	4 hr
May 18, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Upton	47 min
May 18, 8:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reeves, Ward	3 hr
May 18, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward	44 min
May 18, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	52 min
May 18, 10:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	3 hr
May 18, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	3 hr
May 18, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	48 min
May 18, 10:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Winkler	10 hr
May 18, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	65 min
May 18, 11:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Upton	3 hr
May 19, 12:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Martin, Midland	3 hr
May 19, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	40 min
May 19, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton	58 min
May 19, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	66 min
May 19, 1:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Midland	3 hr
May 19, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	57 min
May 19, 7:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	52 min
May 19, 7:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	24 min
May 19, 10:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	20 hr
May 19, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	45 min
May 19, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	51 min
May 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	61 min
May 19, 3:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	39 min
May 19, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Upton	51 min
May 19, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	55 min
May 19, 4:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	33 min
May 19, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	46 min
May 19, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	64 min
May 19, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	56 min
May 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	62 min
May 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	47 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	48 min
May 19, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	63 min
May 19, 6:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.