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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2016, 6:34 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 26 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
- Sep 17, 2016, 6:34 PM MDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2085 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted.
480
WFUS54 KMAF 180034
TORMAF
NMC025-180100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0023.160918T0034Z-160918T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
634 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT
* AT 634 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF HALFWAY...OR 30 MILES EAST OF
CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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
SOUTHWESTERN LEA 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3233 10372 3245 10372 3229 10348 3216 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 314DEG 17KT 3239 10371
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
441 follow-up statement
567
WWUS54 KMAF 180049
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
649 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
NMC025-180100-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160918T0100Z/
LEA NM-
649 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY...
AT 648 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HALFWAY...OR 27 MILES WEST OF
EUNICE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 10371 3240 10365 3229 10348 3216 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 308DEG 25KT 3232 10361
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 58 min |
| Sep 17, 6:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 6:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 31 min |
| Sep 17, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 7:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.