Tornado Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Sep 17, 2016, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)

Expired

Sep 17, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Observed

Hail

2.75 in

County Ector County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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567 
WFUS54 KMAF 180053
TORMAF
TXC135-180130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0024.160918T0053Z-160918T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
753 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
  GOLDSMITH...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST ODESSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST ODESSA AROUND 800 PM CDT. 
  ODESSA AROUND 810 PM CDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 117.
 
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 3192 10274 3200 10259 3183 10234 3169 10257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 315DEG 26KT 3191 10259 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

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705 
WWUS54 KMAF 180107
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
807 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

TXC135-180130-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160918T0130Z/
ECTOR TX-
807 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ECTOR COUNTY...
    
AT 807 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WEST ODESSA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST ODESSA AROUND 810 PM CDT. 
  ODESSA AROUND 815 PM CDT. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 117.
 
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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3195 10267 3200 10259 3183 10234 3169 10257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 313DEG 24KT 3186 10252 

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

$$

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