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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 23, 2019Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2019, 8:33 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 23, 2019, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Glasscock County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 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 23, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 570 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

768 
WFUS54 KMAF 240133
TORMAF
TXC173-240200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0009.190424T0133Z-190424T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
833 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2019

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

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

* Until 900 PM CDT.
    
* At 833 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Garden City, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Glasscock County.

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 3178 10157 3185 10163 3200 10150 3182 10136
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 239DEG 24KT 3185 10153 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

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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 23, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin, Midland	27 min
Apr 23, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	51 min
Apr 23, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Midland	37 min
Apr 23, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	42 min
Apr 23, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	25 min
Apr 23, 7:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Martin	3 hr
Apr 23, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	58 min
Apr 23, 7:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	3 hr
Apr 23, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves	63 min
Apr 23, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton, Ward	44 min
Apr 23, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	41 min
Apr 23, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector	3 hr
Apr 23, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	54 min
Apr 23, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward and 1 more	55 min
Apr 23, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	15 min
Apr 23, 9:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Midland, Pecos and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 23, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton, Ward	62 min
Apr 23, 10:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Crane, Upton	31 min
Apr 23, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	31 min
Apr 23, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	66 min
Apr 23, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	39 min
Apr 23, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	30 min
Apr 24, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	60 min
Apr 24, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		30 min
Apr 24, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	45 min
Apr 24, 5:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		31 min
Apr 24, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crockett	27 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.