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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 1:11 AM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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 26, 2016, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 1:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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 26, 1:25 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Iraan, TX | HAIL LASTED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. |
| May 26, 1:30 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Iraan, TX | |
| May 26, 1:32 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Iraan, 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
120
WFUS54 KMAF 260611
TORMAF
TXC371-260700-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0017.160526T0611Z-160526T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
111 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 110 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR IRAAN...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SHEFFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
IRAAN AROUND 115 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE IRAAN
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 310 AND 317.
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 3079 10184 3077 10184 3079 10205 3093 10209
3098 10197 3096 10195 3095 10193 3093 10192
3092 10188 3089 10189 3086 10185 3083 10185
3080 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0610Z 239DEG 49KT 3089 10199
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
492 follow-up statements
821
WWUS54 KMAF 260626
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
126 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TXC371-260700-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160526T0700Z/
PECOS TX-
126 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
PECOS COUNTY...
AT 125 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER IRAAN...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHEFFIELD...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
IRAAN THROUGH 140 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE IRAAN
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 10200 3091 10202 3098 10197 3096 10195
3095 10193 3093 10192 3092 10188 3089 10189
3086 10185 3083 10185 3080 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 250DEG 16KT 3089 10192
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
49664
WWUS54 KMAF 260637
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
137 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
TXC371-260646-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160526T0700Z/
PECOS TX-
137 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PECOS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3084 10200 3091 10202 3098 10197 3096 10195
3095 10193 3093 10192 3092 10188 3089 10189
3086 10185 3083 10185 3080 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 239DEG 49KT 3097 10176
$$
49The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 47 min |
| May 25, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 40 min |
| May 25, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 67 min |
| May 26, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 25 min |
| May 26, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 58 min |
| May 26, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 40 min |
| May 26, 4:42 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 17 hr |
| May 26, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 31 min |
| May 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan, Upton | 36 min |
| May 26, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan, Upton | 39 min |
| May 26, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 55 min |
| May 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 18 min |
| May 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 49 min |
| May 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 47 min |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 30 min |
| May 26, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 52 min |
| May 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 47 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.