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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

November 16, 2015Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 6:39 PM CST for Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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: Nov 16, 2015, 6:39 PM CST (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2015, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 81 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
Nov 16, 6:53 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	15 E Seminole, TX	TWO SNAPPED POWERPOLES REPORTED AT US HWY 180 AND FM303.

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
Nov 16, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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: 343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 353 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

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

560 
WFUS54 KMAF 170039
TORMAF
TXC115-165-170115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0032.151117T0039Z-151117T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
639 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST
    
* AT 638 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW IN GAINES COUNTY...OR 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF SEMINOLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  SAND AROUND 705 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MCKENZIE LAKE.

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 3254 10260 3265 10265 3285 10218 3263 10208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 243DEG 40KT 3262 10254 

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

$$

AHASIC

1 follow-up statement

735 
WWUS54 KMAF 170101
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
701 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

TXC115-165-170115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-151117T0115Z/
GAINES TX-DAWSON TX-
701 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL GAINES AND WEST CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTIES...
    
AT 700 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR LAKE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF LAMESA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD
AS THE STORM PASSED US 180.

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. 


OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MCKENZIE LAKE.

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 3263 10239 3274 10245 3285 10218 3269 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 243DEG 40KT 3273 10228 

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

$$

AHASIC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 6:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	50 min
Nov 16, 7:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Martin	34 min
Nov 16, 8:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton	39 min
Nov 16, 8:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin	56 min
Nov 16, 8:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane, Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton	60 min
Nov 16, 9:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	60 min
Nov 16, 9:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	43 min
Nov 16, 10:30 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	30 min
Nov 17, 5:26 AM CST	Freeze Watch	MAF		9 hr
Nov 17, 2:41 PM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	MAF		13 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.