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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 2020, 8:49 PM CDT for Ward County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 13, 2020, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2020, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
283
WFUS54 KMAF 140149
TORMAF
TXC475-495-140215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0003.200314T0149Z-200314T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
849 PM CDT Fri Mar 13 2020
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Ward County in western Texas...
Southeastern Winkler County in western Texas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 848 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Pyote, or 10 miles south of Wink, moving east at
40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Monahans and Thorntonville around 900 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Monahans Sandhills State Park, Wickett and Roy Hurd Memorial Airport.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 65 and 88.
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 3168 10322 3169 10280 3165 10280 3165 10278
3155 10277 3148 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 248DEG 44KT 3161 10310
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
121 follow-up statement
941
WWUS54 KMAF 140204
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
904 PM CDT Fri Mar 13 2020
TXC475-495-140215-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200314T0215Z/
Ward TX-Winkler TX-
904 PM CDT Fri Mar 13 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WARD AND SOUTHEASTERN WINKLER COUNTIES...
At 901 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 2 miles north of Wickett, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Ward and southeastern Winkler Counties, including the
following locations... Monahans Sandhills State Park, Wickett and
Monahans.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 71 and 88.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3168 10311 3169 10280 3165 10280 3165 10278
3155 10277 3154 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 248DEG 44KT 3167 10292
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 23 min |
| Mar 13, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 29 min |
| Mar 13, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 28 min |
| Mar 13, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward | 36 min |
| Mar 13, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 42 min |
| Mar 13, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 37 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.