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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 21, 2019Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2019, 6:28 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 21, 2019, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Pecos County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 21, 6:28 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	8 Sse Fort Stockton, TX
Jun 21, 6:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	11 S Fort Stockton, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 1145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -297 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

280 
WFUS54 KMAF 212328
TORMAF
TXC371-220000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0052.190621T2328Z-190622T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service MIDLAND TX
Issued by National Weather Service San Angelo TX
628 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019

The National Weather Service in MIDLAND has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 700 PM CDT.
    
* At 627 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles southeast of Fort Stockton, moving northeast
  at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.

  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
  central Pecos County, including the following locations... Sierra
  Madera.

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 3051 10286 3074 10301 3100 10259 3061 10234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 213DEG 20KT 3074 10280 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

131 
WWUS54 KMAF 212341
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service MIDLAND TX
Issued by National Weather Service San Angelo TX
641 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019

TXC371-220000-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-190622T0000Z/
Pecos TX-
641 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...
    
At 640 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located 16 miles southeast of Fort Stockton, moving northeast at 
5 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and two inch 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.

Locations impacted include...
Sierra Madera.


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 3051 10286 3074 10301 3100 10259 3061 10234
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 264DEG 14KT 3070 10273 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	43 min
Jun 21, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	40 min
Jun 21, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		47 min
Jun 21, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	27 min
Jun 21, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	39 min
Jun 21, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	52 min
Jun 21, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	47 min
Jun 21, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Terrell	32 min
Jun 21, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	26 min
Jun 21, 5:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	111 min
Jun 21, 5:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
Jun 21, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	49 min
Jun 21, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	44 min
Jun 21, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	51 min
Jun 21, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	45 min
Jun 21, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	42 min
Jun 21, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	31 min
Jun 21, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	23 min
Jun 21, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	45 min
Jun 21, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard	43 min
Jun 21, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	50 min
Jun 21, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.