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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2017, 7:05 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 28, 2017, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Glasscock County, TX, Midland County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Midkiff, TX | |
| Mar 28, 7:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Ene Midkiff, TX | OVER AN OPEN FIELD, NO DAMAGE REPORTED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1002 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
900
WFUS54 KMAF 290005
TORMAF
TXC173-329-383-461-290030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0001.170329T0005Z-170329T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
705 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Glasscock County in western Texas...
Northwestern Reagan County in western Texas...
Southeastern Midland County in western Texas...
Northeastern Upton County in western Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT
* At 705 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Midkiff, or 25 miles north of Rankin, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
Midkiff around 720 PM CDT.
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 3150 10191 3159 10204 3181 10187 3164 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 218DEG 19KT 3160 10192
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
291 follow-up statement
603
WWUS54 KMAF 290017
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
717 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
TXC173-329-383-461-290030-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170329T0030Z/
Glasscock TX-Reagan TX-Midland TX-Upton TX-
717 PM CDT TUE MAR 28 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK...NORTHWESTERN REAGAN...SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND
AND NORTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTIES...
At 716 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles north of Midkiff, or 26 miles south of
Greenwood, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Glasscock...northwestern Reagan...southeastern Midland
and northeastern Upton Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3150 10191 3159 10204 3181 10187 3164 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 218DEG 19KT 3165 10188
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 55 min |
| Mar 28, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin, Midland | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Reagan | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Reagan, Upton | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 55 min |
| Mar 28, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 115 min |
| Mar 28, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 18 min |
| Mar 28, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 1:17 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 25 hr | |
| Mar 29, 2:08 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Loving | 24 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.