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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2015, 4:25 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 4, 2015, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Saragosa, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ONGOING |
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 4, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
839
WFUS54 KMAF 042125
TORMAF
TXC389-042215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.150504T2125Z-150504T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
425 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 420 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BALMORHEA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
BALMORHEA...INTERSATE 10 NEAR BALMORHEA AND SARAGOSA BETWEEN NOW
AND 440 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 3104 10334 3079 10358 3093 10382 3114 10377
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 290DEG 18KT 3101 10372
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$1 follow-up statement
331
WWUS54 KMAF 042149
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
449 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
TXC389-042215-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150504T2215Z/
REEVES TX-
449 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES
COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 446 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SARAGOSA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. GOLFBALL WAS REPORTED 1 MILE
NORTH OF SARAGOSA AT 446 PM.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
REEVES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE SARAGOSA AREA...THE INTERSECTION OF
I-10 AND HIGHWAY 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3093 10378 3111 10368 3104 10334 3079 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 273DEG 17KT 3100 10363
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min | |
| May 3, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 43 min |
| May 3, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 38 min |
| May 3, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 66 min |
| May 4, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 26 min |
| May 4, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 35 min |
| May 4, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 23 min |
| May 4, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 61 min |
| May 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 25 min |
| May 4, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 22 min |
| May 4, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 51 min |
| May 4, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 44 min |
| May 4, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 28 min |
| May 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 44 min |
| May 4, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 63 min |
| May 4, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| May 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 25 min |
| May 4, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 54 min |
| May 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 45 min |
| May 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 51 min |
| May 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.