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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2017, 7:19 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2017, 7:19 PM MDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2017, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 1:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 324 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 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
The text
As transmitted.
561
WFUS54 KMAF 130119
TORMAF
NMC025-130145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0003.170413T0119Z-170413T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
719 PM MDT WED APR 12 2017
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 745 PM MDT
* At 719 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Eunice Airport, or 12 miles west
of Eunice, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf 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...
Eunice Airport around 735 PM MDT.
Eunice around 740 PM MDT.
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 3237 10341 3242 10341 3249 10313 3225 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 277DEG 24KT 3239 10337
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
70The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 7:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.