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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 21, 2015Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 21, 2015, 8:52 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 23 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
Oct 21, 2015, 8:52 PM MDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 2015, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 21, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1086 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1086 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

982 
WFUS54 KMAF 220252
TORMAF
NMC025-220315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0031.151022T0252Z-151022T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
852 PM MDT WED OCT 21 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT
    
* AT 851 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JAL...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF KERMIT...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  JAL AROUND 905 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BENNETT AND JAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3202 10339 3216 10341 3229 10307 3201 10307
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 262DEG 28KT 3209 10328 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 21, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy38 min
Oct 21, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Oct 21, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Oct 21, 6:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Oct 21, 6:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Oct 21, 6:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy37 min
Oct 21, 6:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Oct 21, 7:39 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningMAFEddy70 hr
Oct 21, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea56 min
Oct 21, 8:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 hr
Oct 21, 9:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea37 min
Oct 21, 10:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea54 min
Oct 21, 10:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea111 min
Oct 21, 10:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea66 min
Oct 21, 10:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea3 hr
Oct 21, 11:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea3 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.