Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2016

Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 17, 2016Crane County, Pecos County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2016, 4:51 PM CDT for Crane County, Pecos County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 17, 5:02 PM CDTHAIL 18 Wsw Mccamey, TXNICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL ON HIGHWAY 67 BETWEEN 502 AND 506 PM CDT.
May 17, 5:05 PM CDTHAIL 0.888 W Mccamey, TX
May 17, 5:07 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD14 Nnw Bakersfield, TX14 MILES NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD.

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

726 
WFUS54 KMAF 172151
TORMAF
TXC103-371-461-172215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0005.160517T2151Z-160517T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
    
* AT 451 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GIRVIN...OR 11 MILES WEST OF MCCAMEY...
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
  MCCAMEY AROUND 515 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE UPTON
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 3109 10237 3108 10237 3107 10233 3103 10229
      3104 10225 3103 10221 3102 10220 3101 10245
      3117 10249 3129 10213 3108 10210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 254DEG 15KT 3111 10241 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

82
1 follow-up statement
070 
WWUS54 KMAF 172207
SVSMAF

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

TXC103-371-461-172215-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160517T2215Z/
CRANE TX-PECOS TX-UPTON TX-
507 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CRANE...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHWESTERN UPTON
COUNTIES...
        
AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GIRVIN...OR 7 MILES WEST OF MCCAMEY...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GIRVIN. 

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...
  MCCAMEY AROUND 515 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE UPTON
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 3109 10237 3108 10237 3107 10233 3103 10229
      3104 10225 3103 10221 3102 10220 3101 10245
      3116 10241 3119 10213 3109 10213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 254DEG 15KT 3113 10234 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

82

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, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan, Upton31 min
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, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos41 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016

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.