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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 22, 2016Glasscock County, Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2016, 7:41 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
3.0 in

Counties Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 7:44 PM CDTTORNADO3 W Lees, TX
May 22, 8:04 PM CDTTORNADO10 N Garden City, TXNEAR LEES

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 22, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
May 22, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

067 
WFUS54 KMAF 230041
TORMAF
TXC173-227-230115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0009.160523T0041Z-160523T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
741 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOMAX...OR 12
  MILES EAST OF STANTON...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER. 

  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...
  LEES AROUND 815 PM CDT. 

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 3209 10167 3213 10151 3201 10140 3195 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 334DEG 2KT 3208 10158 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements
183 
WWUS54 KMAF 230056
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
756 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

TXC173-227-230115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160523T0115Z/
HOWARD TX-GLASSCOCK TX-
756 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HOWARD AND NORTH CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...
    
AT 755 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEES...OR 11
MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND THREE INCH 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...
  LEES AROUND 815 PM CDT. 

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 3209 10167 3213 10151 3201 10140 3195 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 214DEG 1KT 3203 10153 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

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401 
WWUS54 KMAF 230103
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
803 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

TXC173-227-230115-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160523T0115Z/
HOWARD TX-GLASSCOCK TX-
803 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL HOWARD AND NORTH CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...
    
AT 802 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEES...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. THERE IS
ANOTHER CIRCULATION AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF THE CONFIRMED
TORNADO.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND THREE INCH 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...
  LEES AROUND 815 PM CDT. 

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 3209 10167 3213 10151 3201 10140 3195 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 232DEG 2KT 3201 10152 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin44 min
May 22, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard31 min
May 22, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin54 min
May 22, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock32 min
May 22, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock33 min
May 22, 8:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard4 hr
May 22, 9:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFGlasscock35 min
May 22, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock46 min
May 22, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland55 min
May 22, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock34 min
May 22, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan50 min
May 22, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan49 min
May 22, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan59 min
May 23, 4:00 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF10 hr
May 23, 4:00 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF18 hr
May 23, 2:10 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF32 hr
May 23, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos50 min
May 23, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos59 min
May 23, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton39 min
May 23, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos48 min
May 23, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 23, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos38 min
May 23, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Reagan, Upton66 min
May 23, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell42 min
May 23, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell68 min
May 23, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock33 min
May 23, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward38 min
May 23, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell45 min
May 23, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward43 min
May 23, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell32 min
May 23, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell57 min
May 23, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell61 min
May 23, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin24 min
May 23, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson63 min
May 23, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward50 min
May 23, 6:56 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMAFTerrell3 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.