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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 16, 2016Reagan County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2016, 7:57 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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: Apr 16, 2016, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Reagan County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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
Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado 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 107 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

519 
WFUS54 KMAF 170057
TORMAF
TXC383-170130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0003.160417T0057Z-160417T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
757 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
    
* AT 757 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TEXON...OR 14 MILES WEST OF BIG LAKE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TEXON AROUND 800 PM CDT. 
  BEST AROUND 810 PM CDT. 
  BIG LAKE AROUND 825 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE REAGAN
COUNTY AIRPORT.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3108 10153 3108 10175 3120 10177 3131 10148
      3110 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 246DEG 28KT 3115 10171 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

736 
WWUS54 KMAF 170114
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
814 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

TXC383-170130-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160417T0130Z/
REAGAN TX-
814 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTY...
    
AT 814 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BEST...OR NEAR BIG LAKE...MOVING EAST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG LAKE AROUND 825 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE REAGAN
COUNTY AIRPORT.

LAT...LON 3108 10153 3110 10162 3124 10167 3131 10148
      3110 10141
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 250DEG 28KT 3119 10155 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reagan, Upton	43 min
Apr 16, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	46 min
Apr 16, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	44 min
Apr 16, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	57 min
Apr 16, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan, Upton	38 min
Apr 16, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reagan, Upton	51 min
Apr 16, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MAF	Scurry	25 min
Apr 16, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell	47 min
Apr 16, 8:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Reagan, Upton	3 hr
Apr 16, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan, Upton	48 min
Apr 16, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Reagan, Upton	48 min
Apr 16, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	43 min
Apr 16, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	50 min
Apr 16, 8:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	4 hr
Apr 16, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	49 min
Apr 16, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	45 min
Apr 16, 10:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	3 hr
Apr 16, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	53 min
Apr 16, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	49 min
Apr 16, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	67 min
Apr 16, 11:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	3 hr

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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.