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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 6, 2015Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2015, 8:10 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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 6, 2015, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.75 in

County Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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 6, 8:48 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 W Rankin, TX
May 6, 8:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Rankin, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 587 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

899 
WFUS54 KMAF 070110
TORMAF
TXC461-070145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0009.150507T0110Z-150507T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
810 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 806 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A       
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCAMEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 15           
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCCAMEY AND RANKIN.

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 3108 10222 3109 10225 3120 10228 3132 10221
      3145 10191 3127 10177 3108 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 236DEG 15KT 3117 10213

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

782 
WWUS54 KMAF 070125
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
825 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

TXC461-070145-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150507T0145Z/
UPTON TX-
825 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 819 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANKIN ALONG HIGHWAY 67...AND MOVING 
EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RANKIN AND ADJACENT HIGHWAY 67 AND HIGHWAY 349 INTERSECTION.

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 3108 10222 3109 10225 3120 10228 3132 10221
      3145 10191 3127 10177 3108 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 236DEG 15KT 3118 10205

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Midland	51 min
May 6, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Upton	45 min
May 6, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland	50 min
May 6, 7:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Upton	3 hr
May 6, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	30 min
May 6, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	31 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	45 min
May 6, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	24 min
May 6, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	25 min
May 6, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	63 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.