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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 2015Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.5 in

County Borden County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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.

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 28, 12:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 2845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.0

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The text

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

246 
WFUS54 KMAF 282100
TORMAF
TXC033-282130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0025.150528T2100Z-150528T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
400 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 359 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MESQUITE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING 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.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BORDEN
  COUNTY.

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 3283 10117 3273 10156 3289 10168 3296 10158
      3297 10156 3297 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 247DEG 17KT 3286 10155

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

STROBIN

1 follow-up statement

730 
WWUS54 KMAF 282114
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
414 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

TXC033-282130-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-150528T2130Z/
BORDEN TX-
414 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BORDEN COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 413 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF GAIL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST 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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BORDEN 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 3283 10117 3273 10156 3289 10168 3296 10158
      3297 10156 3297 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 247DEG 17KT 3289 10148

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 27, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves	31 min
May 27, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MAF	Pecos	46 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 Tornado observed	MAF	Borden	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.