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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
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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, 7:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 10 W Fort Stockton, TX | AT THE INTERSECTION IF I-10 AND HIGHWAY 67 |
| May 4, 7:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Fort Stockton, TX | GOLF BALL TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL |
| May 4, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Fort Stockton, TX | |
| May 4, 8:01 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Fort Stockton, TX | FALLING 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.
| 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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 35 min |
| May 4, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 33 min |
| May 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| May 4, 7:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 2 hr |
| May 4, 8:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 4 hr |
| May 4, 8:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 33 min |
| May 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 30 min |
| May 4, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 24 min |
| May 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 65 min |
| May 4, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| May 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 41 min |
| May 4, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 44 min |
| May 4, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 37 min |
| May 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| May 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 60 min |
| May 4, 10:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 4, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Martin | 63 min |
| May 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 4 hr |
| May 4, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 45 min |
| May 4, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| May 4, 10:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 4, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 27 min |
| May 4, 11:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 6 hr |
| May 4, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 37 min |
| May 4, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 46 min |
| May 5, 12:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 6 hr |
| May 5, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 45 min |
| May 5, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 44 min |
| May 5, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 44 min |
| May 5, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 5, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 5, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 4 hr |
| May 5, 4:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 5, 5:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 4 hr |
| May 5, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 41 min |
| May 5, 6:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 4 hr |
| May 5, 6:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines, Winkler | 3 hr |
| May 5, 8:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 116 min |
| May 5, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 35 min |
| May 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 32 min |
| May 5, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 34 min |
| May 5, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 35 min |
| May 5, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 25 min |
| May 5, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 23 min |
| May 5, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 46 min |
| May 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 60 min |
| May 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 40 min |
| May 5, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 28 min |
| May 5, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 43 min |
| May 5, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 29 min |
| May 5, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 36 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.