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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2020, 5:37 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
- May 23, 2020, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2020, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Borden County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 805 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
248
WFUS54 KMAF 232237
TORMAF
TXC033-232315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0007.200523T2237Z-200523T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
537 PM CDT Sat May 23 2020
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Borden County in western Texas...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 535 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles south of Grassland, or 13 miles north of Gail,
and is nearly stationary.
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
northwestern Borden 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 3294 10137 3280 10160 3294 10169 3296 10169
3296 10139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 059DEG 1KT 3296 10151
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
491 follow-up statement
646
WWUS54 KMAF 232257
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
557 PM CDT Sat May 23 2020
TXC033-232315-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-200523T2315Z/
Borden TX-
557 PM CDT Sat May 23 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTY...
At 556 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles south of Grassland, or 13 miles north of Gail,
and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Borden County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3294 10137 3290 10156 3294 10169 3296 10169
3296 10139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 059DEG 1KT 3296 10152
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
49The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 35 min |
| May 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 30 min |
| May 22, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 42 min |
| May 22, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 29 min |
| May 23, 4:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Culberson | 17 hr |
| May 23, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 48 min | |
| May 23, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 47 min | |
| May 23, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 58 min |
| May 23, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 32 min |
| May 23, 2:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 min |
| May 23, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 60 min |
| May 23, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 40 min |
| May 23, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 34 min |
| May 23, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 45 min |
| May 23, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 24 min |
| May 23, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 65 min |
| May 23, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 23, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 19 min |
| May 23, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 30 min |
| May 23, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 27 min |
| May 23, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 50 min |
| May 23, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 63 min |
| May 23, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 32 min |
| May 23, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 55 min |
| May 23, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Martin | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 62 min |
| May 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 60 min | |
| May 23, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 47 min |
| May 23, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 33 min |
| May 23, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 47 min |
| May 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 41 min |
| May 23, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 46 min |
| May 23, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 27 min |
| May 23, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 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.