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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 22, 2016Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 9:41 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
May 22, 2016, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.5 in

County Glasscock County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2016-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

130 
WFUS54 KMAF 230241
TORMAF
TXC173-230315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.160523T0241Z-160523T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
941 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
    
* AT 941 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SAINT LAWRENCE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN
  CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 10151 3183 10156 3194 10127 3165 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 343DEG 7KT 3176 10145 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
899 
WWUS54 KMAF 230300
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

TXC173-230315-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160523T0315Z/
GLASSCOCK TX-
1000 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY...
    
AT 1000 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GARDEN CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 10151 3184 10154 3189 10140 3191 10127
      3165 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 292DEG 10KT 3174 10138 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin44 min
May 22, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard31 min
May 22, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin54 min
May 22, 7:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFGlasscock, Howard34 min
May 22, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock32 min
May 22, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock33 min
May 22, 8:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard4 hr
May 22, 9:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFGlasscock35 min
May 22, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock46 min
May 22, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland55 min
May 22, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan50 min
May 22, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan49 min
May 22, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan59 min
May 23, 4:00 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF10 hr
May 23, 4:00 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF18 hr
May 23, 2:10 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF32 hr
May 23, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos50 min
May 23, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos59 min
May 23, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton39 min
May 23, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos48 min
May 23, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 23, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos38 min
May 23, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Reagan, Upton66 min
May 23, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell42 min
May 23, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell68 min
May 23, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock33 min
May 23, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward38 min
May 23, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell45 min
May 23, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward43 min
May 23, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell32 min
May 23, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell57 min
May 23, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell61 min
May 23, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin24 min
May 23, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson63 min
May 23, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward50 min
May 23, 6:56 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFTerrell3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.