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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 6:44 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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, 6:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Big Spring, TX | ON WARREN STREET. |
| May 22, 6:59 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 2 S Big Spring, TX | INTERSECTION OF US 87 AND TODD ROAD SOUTH OF BIG SPRING. |
| May 22, 7:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Big Spring, TX | 1 MILE WEST OF SCENIC MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL IN BIG SPRING |
| May 22, 7:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 Sw Big Spring, 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 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
688
WFUS54 KMAF 222344
TORMAF
TXC173-227-230015-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0007.160522T2344Z-160523T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 644 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BIG SPRING MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK...OR NEAR BIG
SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTH HAVEN|2 AND SOUTH HAVEN AROUND 655 PM CDT.
BIG SPRING AROUND 700 PM CDT.
BIG SPRING COUNTRY CLUB AROUND 705 PM CDT.
MIDWAY IN HOWARD COUNTY AND SAND SPRINGS AROUND 715 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FORSAN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 187.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 10160 3224 10163 3231 10133 3207 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 258DEG 15KT 3219 10154
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
291 follow-up statement
630
WWUS54 KMAF 230003
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
703 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
TXC173-227-230015-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160523T0015Z/
HOWARD TX-GLASSCOCK TX-
703 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD AND NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...
AT 703 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR ELBOW...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG SPRING...AND IS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION
IS POSSIBLE.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD AND NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: FORSAN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 187.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 10160 3224 10163 3231 10133 3207 10128
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 056DEG 3KT 3217 10157
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
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, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 23 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 |
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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.