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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 4, 2015Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2015, 7:29 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
31 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), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 7:32 PM CDTHAIL 1.510 W Fort Stockton, TXAT THE INTERSECTION IF I-10 AND HIGHWAY 67
May 4, 7:53 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Fort Stockton, TXGOLF BALL TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL
May 4, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 1Fort Stockton, TX
May 4, 8:01 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Fort Stockton, TXFALLING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 285/385 IN MESA VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 2:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2015-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 544 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

561 
WFUS54 KMAF 050029
TORMAF
TXC371-050100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0005.150505T0029Z-150505T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
729 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 726 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A       
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FIRESTONE TEST TRACK...4  
  MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON ALONG I10 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 735 PM CDT.
  FORT STOCKTON-PECOS COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 745 PM CDT.
  FORT STOCKTON AROUND 750 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 3089 10283 3079 10272 3054 10303 3078 10319
      3100 10315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 298DEG 15KT 3087 10302

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
570 
WWUS54 KMAF 050046
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
746 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015

TXC371-050100-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150505T0100Z/
PECOS TX-
746 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...

AT 742 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELDING...4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT 
STOCKTON 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PECOS
COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.

&&

LAT...LON 3081 10314 3094 10309 3089 10283 3079 10272
      3054 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 298DEG 15KT 3083 10294

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson35 min
May 4, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves33 min
May 4, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
May 4, 7:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson2 hr
May 4, 8:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos, Reeves4 hr
May 4, 8:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson3 hr
May 4, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves33 min
May 4, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden30 min
May 4, 8:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
May 4, 8:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden3 hr
May 4, 8:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler3 hr
May 4, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving24 min
May 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves65 min
May 4, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos62 min
May 4, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler41 min
May 4, 9:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden3 hr
May 4, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard44 min
May 4, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson37 min
May 4, 9:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves, Ward3 hr
May 4, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos62 min
May 4, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Ward60 min
May 4, 10:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
May 4, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Martin63 min
May 4, 10:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos4 hr
May 4, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward45 min
May 4, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos51 min
May 4, 10:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson3 hr
May 4, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane27 min
May 4, 11:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson, Gaines6 hr
May 4, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden37 min
May 4, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane46 min
May 5, 12:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden6 hr
May 5, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton45 min
May 5, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland44 min
May 5, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry44 min
May 5, 1:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
May 5, 3:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell, Scurry3 hr
May 5, 4:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines4 hr
May 5, 4:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
May 5, 5:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines4 hr
May 5, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving41 min
May 5, 6:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson, Gaines4 hr
May 5, 6:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Gaines, Winkler3 hr
May 5, 8:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Scurry116 min
May 5, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward35 min
May 5, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden, Howard32 min
May 5, 3:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFBorden, Howard34 min
May 5, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry35 min
May 5, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry43 min
May 5, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell25 min
May 5, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell23 min
May 5, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry46 min
May 5, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell60 min
May 5, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMitchell40 min
May 5, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry28 min
May 5, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell43 min
May 5, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell29 min
May 5, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell36 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.