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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 17, 2016Reagan County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2016, 2:59 PM CDT for Reagan County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
May 17, 2016, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

Counties Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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
May 17, 3:19 PM CDTHAIL 1.757 N Rankin, TX
May 17, 3:28 PM CDTHAIL 2.59 Ne Rankin, TXBROKEN WINDSHIELD ON CAR.
May 17, 3:38 PM CDTHAIL 1.757 N Rankin, TX

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
May 17, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 353 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

031 
WFUS54 KMAF 171959
TORMAF
TXC383-461-172030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0004.160517T1959Z-160517T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
259 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
    
* AT 259 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF KING MOUNTAIN...OR 13
  MILES NORTHWEST OF RANKIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  RANKIN AROUND 330 PM CDT. 

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 3134 10223 3148 10210 3129 10175 3108 10195
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 309DEG 21KT 3136 10210 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
060 
WWUS54 KMAF 172012
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
312 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

TXC383-461-172030-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160517T2030Z/
UPTON TX-REAGAN TX-
312 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN UPTON AND WEST CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTIES...
    
AT 310 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RANKIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  RANKIN AROUND 330 PM CDT. 

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 3129 10217 3148 10210 3129 10175 3108 10195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 309DEG 21KT 3132 10204 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis52 min
May 17, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio63 min
May 17, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane49 min
May 17, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF51 min
May 17, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton60 min
May 17, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan65 min
May 17, 2:52 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAF16 hr
May 17, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan62 min
May 17, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan, Upton62 min
May 17, 4:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
May 17, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan32 min
May 17, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane50 min
May 17, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton60 min
May 17, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton24 min
May 17, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos41 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.