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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 6:22 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 23 min. 4 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 22, 2016, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Howard County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 22, 6:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Big Spring, TX | MM 176 ON INTERSTATE 20. |
| May 22, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Big Spring, TX | 1 MILE WEST OF SCENIC MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL IN BIG SPRING |
| May 22, 6:42 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 6 Nw Elbow, TX | |
| May 22, 6:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Big Spring, TX | ON WARREN STREET. |
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 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 2486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted.
315
WFUS54 KMAF 222322
TORMAF
TXC227-222345-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0006.160522T2322Z-160522T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
622 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 622 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG SPRING
MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BIG SPRING...BIG SPRING MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK...ELBOW...SOUTH
HAVEN|2 AND SOUTH HAVEN AROUND 645 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 180.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3221 10132 3209 10147 3209 10157 3218 10170
3224 10169 3234 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 309DEG 5KT 3223 10162
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
291 follow-up statement
234
WWUS54 KMAF 222333
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
TXC227-222345-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160522T2345Z/
HOWARD TX-
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY...
AT 633 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG SPRING
MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK...OR 7 MILES WEST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BIG SPRING...ELBOW...BIG SPRING MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK...SOUTH
HAVEN|2...SOUTH HAVEN AND BIG SPRING COUNTRY CLUB AROUND 645 PM
CDT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 164 AND 180.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3221 10132 3209 10147 3209 10157 3218 10170
3224 10169 3234 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 296DEG 12KT 3220 10159
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 46 min |
| May 21, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 42 min |
| May 21, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 46 min |
| May 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 30 min |
| May 21, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 44 min |
| May 21, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 38 min |
| May 22, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 28 min |
| May 22, 3:30 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 25 hr | |
| May 22, 3:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 19 hr | |
| May 22, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 40 min |
| May 22, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 46 min |
| May 22, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 41 min |
| May 22, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 36 min |
| May 22, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 48 min |
| May 22, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 38 min |
| May 22, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 44 min |
| May 22, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 50 min | |
| May 22, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 4 hr |
| May 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 31 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.