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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 8:42 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. 6 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 22, 2016, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
County Glasscock County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 N Garden City, TX | RANCH ROAD 33 |
| May 22, 8:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Garden City, TX | RANCH ROAD 33 |
| May 22, 8:43 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ne Garden City, TX | SEEING IN THE LIGHTNING. |
| May 22, 8:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Garden City, TX | RANCH ROAD 33 |
| May 22, 9:01 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 S Garden City, TX | |
| May 22, 9:11 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Garden City, TX | QUARTER TO GOLF BALL HAIL. |
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 22, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
372
WFUS54 KMAF 230142
TORMAF
TXC173-230215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0011.160523T0142Z-160523T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
842 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 841 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDEN CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
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...
GARDEN CITY AROUND 850 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 3174 10135 3189 10159 3199 10148 3195 10127
3186 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 307DEG 11KT 3192 10148
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
291 follow-up statement
688
WWUS54 KMAF 230153
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
853 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
TXC173-230215-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160523T0215Z/
GLASSCOCK TX-
853 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY...
AT 853 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER GARDEN CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3174 10135 3189 10159 3199 10148 3195 10127
3186 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 324DEG 15KT 3188 10147
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin | 44 min |
| May 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 31 min |
| May 22, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin | 54 min |
| May 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 34 min |
| May 22, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 32 min |
| May 22, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 4 hr |
| May 22, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 35 min |
| May 22, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 46 min |
| May 22, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 55 min |
| May 22, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 34 min |
| May 22, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 50 min |
| May 22, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 49 min |
| May 22, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 59 min |
| May 23, 4:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 10 hr | |
| May 23, 4:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| May 23, 2:10 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 32 hr | |
| May 23, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 50 min |
| May 23, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| May 23, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 39 min |
| May 23, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 48 min |
| May 23, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| May 23, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Reagan, Upton | 66 min |
| May 23, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 42 min |
| May 23, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 68 min |
| May 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 38 min |
| May 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 45 min |
| May 23, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 43 min |
| May 23, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 32 min |
| May 23, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 57 min |
| May 23, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 61 min |
| May 23, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 24 min |
| May 23, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 63 min |
| May 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 50 min |
| May 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
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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.