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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 22, 2019Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2019, 6:53 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 22, 2019, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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.

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 22, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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: 60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -532 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

371 
WFUS54 KMAF 222353
TORMAF
TXC165-230045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0008.190422T2353Z-190423T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
653 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2019

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Gaines County in western Texas...

* Until 745 PM CDT.
    
* At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a 
  tornado was located 5 miles southeast of Seminole, moving 
  northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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
  central Gaines County including Fairview.

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 3260 10261 3277 10270 3287 10248 3260 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 239DEG 49KT 3271 10255 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

257 
WWUS54 KMAF 230021
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
721 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2019

TXC165-230045-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-190423T0045Z/
Gaines TX-
721 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
GAINES COUNTY...
    
At 719 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles east of Gaines County Airport, or 10 miles east
of Seminole, along and south of highway 180, moving east at 10 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.

Locations impacted include...
Highway 180, 10 miles east of Seminole. 

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3260 10261 3277 10270 3287 10248 3260 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 275DEG 11KT 3268 10248 

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

$$

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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
Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	29 min
Apr 22, 6:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Apr 22, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	52 min
Apr 22, 6:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Gaines	2 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.