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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 15, 2016Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2016, 4:08 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
Sep 15, 2016, 4:08 PM MDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2016, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.75 in

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 15, 4:30 PM MDTHAIL 0.7510 W Artesia, NMDIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 15, 12:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2016-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 882 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2016-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
882 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

854 
WFUS54 KMAF 152208
TORMAF
NMC015-152245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0019.160915T2208Z-160915T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
408 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT
    
* AT 407 PM MDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OVER
  HOPE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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
  NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3272 10483 3292 10474 3284 10452 3258 10461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 331DEG 35KT 3282 10472 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
564 
WWUS54 KMAF 152223
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
423 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

NMC015-152245-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160915T2245Z/
EDDY NM-
423 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
    
AT 422 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOPE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOPE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND AS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. 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 3272 10480 3289 10473 3284 10452 3258 10461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 314DEG 17KT 3279 10466 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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421 
WWUS54 KMAF 152243
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
443 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

NMC015-152250-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160915T2245Z/
EDDY NM-
443 PM MDT THU SEP 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
445 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS STILL SEVERE HOWEVER NO
RECENT REPORTS OF A TORNADO HAVE BEEN RECEIEVED AND THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LAT...LON 3272 10480 3289 10473 3284 10452 3258 10461
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 331DEG 35KT 3279 10466 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 1:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy34 min
Sep 15, 3:43 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea62 min
Sep 15, 5:10 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea3 hr
Sep 15, 6:44 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea2 hr
Sep 15, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy58 min
Sep 15, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
Sep 15, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Sep 15, 5:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy33 min
Sep 15, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy27 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.