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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 19, 2017Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2017, 3:28 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 19, 2017, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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 19, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 4527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

898 
WFUS54 KMAF 190828
TORMAF
TXC335-190900-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0007.170519T0828Z-170519T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
328 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Mitchell County in western Texas...

* Until 400 AM CDT
    
* At 328 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 12 miles south of Westbrook, or 19 miles southwest of
  Colorado City, moving northeast at 20 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...
  Lake Colorado City State Park around 400 AM 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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3212 10114 3224 10117 3235 10099 3229 10088
      3209 10085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 245DEG 16KT 3218 10107 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

592 
WWUS54 KMAF 190854
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
354 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

TXC335-190903-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170519T0900Z/
Mitchell TX-
354 AM CDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 400 AM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However large hail 
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for
western Texas.

LAT...LON 3212 10114 3224 10117 3235 10099 3229 10088
      3209 10085
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 245DEG 16KT 3222 10096 

$$

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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 19, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	53 min
May 19, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	66 min
May 19, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Midland	65 min
May 19, 3:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell	53 min
May 19, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	67 min
May 19, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell	56 min
May 19, 4:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Martin, Midland	3 hr
May 19, 4:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell	7 hr
May 19, 4:43 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF		16 hr
May 19, 4:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	25 min
May 19, 5:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	38 min
May 19, 5:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland	3 hr
May 19, 5:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	25 min
May 19, 6:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	43 min
May 19, 7:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	26 min
May 19, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	60 min
May 19, 8:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland	3 hr
May 19, 8:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	61 min
May 19, 9:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	3 hr
May 19, 9:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	48 min
May 19, 11:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.