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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2016, 6:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2016, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Borden County, TX, Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 673 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
950
WFUS54 KMAF 162343
TORMAF
TXC033-227-335-415-170030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0001.160416T2343Z-160417T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
643 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 643 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE J B THOMAS...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
IRA AROUND 650 PM CDT.
UNION IN SCURRY COUNTY AND RANDALLS CORNER AROUND 655 PM CDT.
SNYDER AND WINSTON FIELD AROUND 700 PM CDT.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3246 10085 3246 10116 3254 10127 3274 10124
3281 10108 3269 10080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 240DEG 48KT 3259 10114
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
121 follow-up statement
158
WWUS54 KMAF 170005
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
705 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
TXC033-227-170013-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160417T0030Z/
BORDEN TX-HOWARD TX-
705 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN AND NORTHEASTERN
HOWARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR WESTERN
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3246 10085 3247 10109 3254 10116 3275 10115
3275 10106 3269 10080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 240DEG 48KT 3272 10086
$$
TXC335-415-170030-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160417T0030Z/
SCURRY TX-MITCHELL TX-
705 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SCURRY AND NORTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTIES...
AT 703 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNAPP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN SCURRY AND NORTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTIES.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3246 10085 3247 10109 3254 10116 3275 10115
3275 10106 3269 10080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 240DEG 48KT 3272 10086
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:15 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 16 hr | |
| Apr 16, 3:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| Apr 16, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.