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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 5:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Wsw Mccamey, TX | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL ON HIGHWAY 67 BETWEEN 502 AND 506 PM CDT. |
| May 17, 5:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 8 W Mccamey, TX | |
| May 17, 5:07 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 14 Nnw Bakersfield, TX | 14 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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
$$
821 follow-up statement
070
WWUS54 KMAF 172207
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
507 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016
TXC103-371-461-172215-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160517T2215Z/
CRANE TX-PECOS TX-UPTON TX-
507 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CRANE...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHWESTERN UPTON
COUNTIES...
AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GIRVIN...OR 7 MILES WEST OF MCCAMEY...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GIRVIN.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
MCCAMEY AROUND 515 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE UPTON
COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3109 10237 3108 10237 3107 10233 3103 10229
3104 10225 3103 10221 3102 10220 3101 10245
3116 10241 3119 10213 3109 10213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 254DEG 15KT 3113 10234
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
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, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 31 min |
| 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, 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.