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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2016Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2016, 7:32 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 23, 2016, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.75 in

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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.

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 23, 2:32 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 2958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 5.4

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The text

As transmitted.

233 
WFUS54 KMAF 240032
TORMAF
TXC443-240100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0015.160524T0032Z-160524T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
732 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
    
* AT 731 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF PUMPVILLE...OR 13 MILES
  EAST OF DRYDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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
  SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL 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 2985 10195 3021 10197 3020 10176 2986 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 277DEG 37KT 3008 10189 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

969 
WWUS54 KMAF 240048
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
748 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

TXC443-240100-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160524T0100Z/
TERRELL TX-
748 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY...
    
AT 746 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED IN OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY 16 MILES
EAST OF DRYDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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
SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL 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 2985 10195 3021 10197 3020 10176 2986 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 288DEG 26KT 3004 10178 

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

$$

12

931 
WWUS54 KMAF 240056
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
756 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

TXC443-240106-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160524T0100Z/
TERRELL TX-
756 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2985 10195 3021 10197 3020 10176 2986 10176
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 277DEG 37KT 3004 10178 

$$

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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 23, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Terrell	49 min
May 23, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	19 min
May 24, 3:57 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF		11 hr
May 24, 2:27 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF		38 hr
May 24, 2:27 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF		32 hr

Nearby

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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.