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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 18, 2020Glasscock County, Reagan County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2020, 10:47 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 18, 2020, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2020, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Glasscock County, TX, Reagan County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 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 18, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 2298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

647 
WFUS54 KMAF 190347
TORMAF
TXC173-383-190415-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0006.200319T0347Z-200319T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1047 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Glasscock County in western Texas...
  Northern Reagan County in western Texas...

* Until 1115 PM CDT.
    
* At 1047 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 21 miles north of Reagan County Airport, or 22
  miles north of Big Lake, moving northeast at 35 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
  southeastern Glasscock and northern Reagan Counties, including the
  following locations... Stiles.

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 3140 10162 3156 10170 3181 10127 3144 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 235DEG 30KT 3151 10156 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

655 
WWUS54 KMAF 190402
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1102 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

TXC173-383-190415-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200319T0415Z/
Glasscock TX-Reagan TX-
1102 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK AND NORTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTIES...
    
At 1101 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 20 miles south of Garden City, moving northeast at 35
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
southeastern Glasscock and northeastern Reagan Counties.

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 3147 10156 3164 10156 3181 10127 3144 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 236DEG 30KT 3158 10143 

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
Mar 18, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	45 min
Mar 18, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	39 min
Mar 18, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane, Ector, Midland	62 min
Mar 18, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	58 min
Mar 18, 9:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton	3 hr
Mar 18, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	50 min
Mar 18, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton	52 min
Mar 18, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden, Howard, Martin, Midland	62 min
Mar 18, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	33 min
Mar 18, 11:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton	3 hr
Mar 18, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	54 min
Mar 18, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	14 min
Mar 18, 11:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	3 hr
Mar 19, 12:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	40 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.