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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 17, 2016Lea County, New Mexico

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.

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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
Sep 17, 7:45 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Jal, NMLARGE HAIL BROKE WINDOWS IN BUILDINGS IN JAL. HAIL ESTIMATED TO BE GOLF BALL SIZE.
Sep 17, 7:45 PM MDTHAIL 2.5Jal, NM745 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 17, 2:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2085 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea58 min
Sep 17, 6:21 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy24 min
Sep 17, 6:34 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea26 min
Sep 17, 6:59 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea31 min
Sep 17, 7:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy55 min
Sep 17, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea60 min
Sep 17, 8:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea63 min

Nearby

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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.