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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2015, 7:59 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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 27, 2015, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 25 Wnw Fort Stockton, TX | |
| May 27, 8:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Nw Belding, TX | QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT THE FIRESTONE TEST TRACK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1562 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2097 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMAF 280059
TORMAF
TXC371-280145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0022.150528T0059Z-150528T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
759 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 755 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BELDING OE 9 MILES WEST FIRESTONE TEST TRACK...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR 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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FIRESTONE TEST TRACK AROUND 830 PM CDT.
BELDING AROUND 845 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3097 10283 3072 10302 3069 10318 3096 10339
3115 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 303DEG 13KT 3097 10323
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$3 follow-up statements
171
WWUS54 KMAF 280105
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
805 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
TXC371-280145-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150528T0145Z/
PECOS TX-
805 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 800 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
FIRESTONE TEST TRACK NEAR I-10 MILE MARKERS 234 TO 239...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL PECOS
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3097 10283 3072 10302 3069 10318 3096 10339
3115 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 329DEG 13KT 3093 10324
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$501
WWUS54 KMAF 280120
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
820 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
TXC371-280145-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150528T0145Z/
PECOS TX-
820 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 814 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FIRESTONE TEST TRACK...MILE MARKERS
238 TO 242 AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
HIGHWAY 67 AT 835 PM CDT AND BELDING AROUND 845 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3091 10334 3111 10314 3097 10283 3072 10302
3069 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 324DEG 14KT 3089 10320
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$732
WWUS54 KMAF 280131
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
831 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
TXC371-280145-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-150528T0145Z/
PECOS TX-
831 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 824 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FIRESTONE TEST TRACK...AND NEARING
HIGH 67 JUST SOUTH OF I-10 AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 67 6 MILES SOUTH OF I-10 AT 835 PM AND BELDING AROUND 845
PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3087 10327 3108 10307 3097 10283 3072 10302
3069 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 317DEG 17KT 3085 10314
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 31 min |
| May 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 47 min |
| May 27, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 55 min |
| May 27, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| May 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 21 min |
| May 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 12 min |
| May 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 27 min |
| May 27, 9:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 4 hr |
| May 27, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 56 min |
| May 27, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 41 min |
| May 27, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 28 min |
| May 28, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 26 min |
| May 28, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 53 min |
| May 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 45 min |
| May 28, 1:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 28, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 29 min |
| May 28, 2:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Reagan and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 28, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 13 min |
| May 28, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Yoakum | 25 min |
| May 28, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 63 min |
| May 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 33 min |
| May 28, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 29 min |
| May 28, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews, Dawson | 21 min |
| May 28, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 66 min |
| May 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 45 min |
| May 28, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 35 min |
| May 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 30 min |
| May 28, 4:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 27 min |
| May 28, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 48 min |
| May 28, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 29 min |
| May 28, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 50 min |
| May 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 42 min |
| May 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 55 min |
| May 28, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 51 min |
| May 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 28 min |
| May 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| May 28, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 20 min |
| May 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 23 min |
| May 28, 5:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 39 min |
| May 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 28 min |
| May 28, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 62 min |
| May 28, 6:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 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.