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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 9, 2017Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2017, 7:41 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 20 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: May 9, 2017, 7:41 PM MDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2017, 8:01 PM MDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 9, 2:23 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 929 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

774 
WFUS54 KMAF 100141
TORMAF
NMC025-100215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0005.170510T0141Z-170510T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
741 PM MDT TUE MAY 9 2017

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Eastern Lea County in southeastern New Mexico...

* Until 815 PM MDT

* At 741 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Bronco, or 10 miles east of Tatum, moving
  northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud. 

  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
  eastern Lea County, including the following locations: Gladiola.

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.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Midland.

&&

LAT...LON 3326 10306 3321 10315 3326 10320 3344 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 223DEG 22KT 3327 10314 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

956 
WWUS54 KMAF 100201
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
801 PM MDT TUE MAY 9 2017

NMC025-100210-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170510T0215Z/
Lea NM-
801 PM MDT TUE MAY 9 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LEA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for southeastern
New Mexico.

LAT...LON 3326 10306 3321 10315 3326 10320 3344 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 223DEG 22KT 3336 10304 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 6:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	53 min
May 9, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	28 min
May 9, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	58 min
May 9, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	63 min
May 9, 9:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	57 min
May 9, 10:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	63 min
May 10, 12:01 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	44 min

Nearby

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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.