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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2015, 6:39 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. 3 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 4, 2015, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 24 W Fort Stockton, TX | GOLF BALL TO PING PONG BALL COVERING THE GROUND |
| May 4, 7:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 19 W Fort Stockton, TX | HAIL REPORTED ALONG 1-10 AT EXIT 237 |
| May 4, 7:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 10 W Fort Stockton, TX | AT THE INTERSECTION IF I-10 AND HIGHWAY 67 |
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
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WFUS54 KMAF 042339
TORMAF
TXC371-050030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0004.150504T2339Z-150505T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
639 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 636 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF FIRESTONE TEST TRACK 20 MILES
WEST OF FORT STOCKTON ALONG I-10...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
FIRESTONE TEST TRACK AROUND 705 PM CDT.
BELDING AROUND 730 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 10333 3106 10331 3109 10309 3096 10302
3070 10298 3072 10327 3085 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 312DEG 15KT 3095 10327
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$1 follow-up statement
181
WWUS54 KMAF 050008
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
708 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
TXC371-050030-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150505T0030Z/
PECOS TX-
708 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 705 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FIRESTONE TEST TRACK...7 MILES WEST
OF FORT STOCKTON AND ALONG I-10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 238 AND 250...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BELDING AROUND 730 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
&&
LAT...LON 3101 10330 3102 10309 3096 10302 3070 10298
3072 10327 3085 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 312DEG 15KT 3089 10317
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$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, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 50 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 |
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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.