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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2016, 6:59 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 31 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), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.
738
WFUS54 KMAF 180059
TORMAF
NMC025-180130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0025.160918T0059Z-160918T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
659 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 659 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUNICE AIRPORT...OR 22 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EUNICE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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
SOUTH CENTRAL 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 3227 10357 3236 10352 3233 10324 3210 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 295DEG 22KT 3230 10350
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
441 follow-up statement
827
WWUS54 KMAF 180112
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
712 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
NMC025-180130-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160918T0130Z/
LEA NM-
712 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...
AT 712 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL LEA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3220 10349 3230 10343 3224 10330 3210 10339
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 303DEG 34KT 3223 10339
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
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, 6:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 26 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.