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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 16, 2016Scurry County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2016, 7:50 PM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
Apr 16, 2016, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
1.75 in

County Scurry County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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
Apr 16, 7:50 PM CDTTORNADO3 Sw Hermleigh, TXUNKNOWN INTENSITY
Apr 16, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 14 Se Dunn, TX
Apr 16, 8:03 PM CDTHAIL 1.7513 Se Snyder, TXREPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 465 AND FM1606.

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
Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2016-04-17Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
3416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

144 
WFUS54 KMAF 170050
TORMAF
TXC415-170115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.160417T0050Z-160417T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
750 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 749 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HERMLEIGH...OR
  11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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
  SOUTHEASTERN SCURRY 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 3253 10089 3266 10085 3266 10068 3253 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 234DEG 43KT 3262 10076 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
746 
WWUS54 KMAF 170102 RRA
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
802 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

TXC415-170115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160417T0115Z/
SCURRY TX-
802 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SCURRY COUNTY...
    
AT 801 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HERMLEIGH...OR 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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...
CHINA GROVE...HERMLEIGH AND INADALE. 

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 3253 10089 3266 10085 3266 10068 3253 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 232DEG 33KT 3264 10075 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Reagan, Upton43 min
Apr 16, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry46 min
Apr 16, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock44 min
Apr 16, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry57 min
Apr 16, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan, Upton38 min
Apr 16, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Reagan, Upton51 min
Apr 16, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan33 min
Apr 16, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Mitchell47 min
Apr 16, 8:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Reagan, Upton3 hr
Apr 16, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan, Upton48 min
Apr 16, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Reagan, Upton48 min
Apr 16, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry43 min
Apr 16, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos50 min
Apr 16, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry4 hr
Apr 16, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan49 min
Apr 16, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan45 min
Apr 16, 10:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock, Reagan3 hr
Apr 16, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos53 min
Apr 16, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos49 min
Apr 16, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos67 min
Apr 16, 11:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell3 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.