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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2016, 7:27 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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
- Sep 17, 2016, 7:27 PM MDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 7:45 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | Jal, NM | LARGE HAIL BROKE WINDOWS IN BUILDINGS IN JAL. HAIL ESTIMATED TO BE GOLF BALL SIZE. |
| Sep 17, 7:45 PM MDT | HAIL 2.5 | Jal, NM | 745 MDT, PERSON LOST A SKYLIGHT. |
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.
| 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
406
WFUS54 KMAF 180127
TORMAF
NMC025-180200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0027.160918T0127Z-160918T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
727 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
* AT 727 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
JAL AND JAL AIRPORT AROUND 740 PM MDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BENNETT.
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 3213 10306 3200 10307 3200 10324 3211 10340
3224 10332
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 302DEG 38KT 3218 10329
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
441 follow-up statement
399
WWUS54 KMAF 180149
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
749 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
NMC025-180200-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160918T0200Z/
LEA NM-
749 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...
AT 748 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR JAL AIRPORT...OR NEAR JAL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: BENNETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3213 10306 3200 10307 3202 10312 3207 10323
3216 10320
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 286DEG 33KT 3209 10313
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
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, 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.