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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:19 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 N Rankin, TX | |
| May 17, 3:28 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 9 Ne Rankin, TX | BROKEN WINDSHIELD ON CAR. |
| May 17, 3:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 13 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.
- 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
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
$$
821 follow-up statement
060
WWUS54 KMAF 172012
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
312 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016
TXC383-461-172030-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160517T2030Z/
UPTON TX-REAGAN TX-
312 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN UPTON AND WEST CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTIES...
AT 310 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RANKIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RANKIN AROUND 330 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3129 10217 3148 10210 3129 10175 3108 10195
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 309DEG 21KT 3132 10204
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
82The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 52 min |
| May 17, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 63 min |
| May 17, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 49 min |
| May 17, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 51 min | |
| May 17, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 60 min |
| May 17, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 65 min |
| May 17, 2:52 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 16 hr | |
| May 17, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 62 min |
| May 17, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 62 min |
| May 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| May 17, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 32 min |
| May 17, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 50 min |
| May 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 60 min |
| May 17, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 24 min |
| May 17, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 41 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.