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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 10, 2022Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2022, 5:16 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 20 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2022, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2022, 5:36 PM CDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 10, 5:28 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	16 S Fort Stockton, TX	ALONG US HWY 385.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 10, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 3581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

945 
WFUS54 KMAF 102216
TORMAF
TXC371-102300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.220510T2216Z-220510T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
516 PM CDT Tue May 10 2022

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 600 PM CDT.
    
* At 516 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 17 miles south of Fort Stockton, moving east at 10 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 Pecos County, including the following locations... Sierra
  Madera.

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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3055 10305 3073 10310 3083 10278 3059 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 258DEG 7KT 3065 10300 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

959 
WWUS54 KMAF 102236
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
536 PM CDT Tue May 10 2022

TXC371-102244-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220510T2300Z/
Pecos TX-
536 PM CDT Tue May 10 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning no longer appears capable of 
producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. 
However hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with 
this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southwestern Texas.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Central Pecos County until 445 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3055 10305 3073 10310 3083 10278 3059 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 258DEG 7KT 3066 10296 

$$

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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
May 10, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		39 min
May 10, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	44 min
May 10, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		62 min
May 10, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	58 min
May 10, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	40 min
May 10, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	49 min
May 10, 4:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
May 10, 4:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	3 hr
May 10, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	62 min
May 10, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	60 min
May 10, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	67 min
May 10, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	48 min
May 10, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	38 min
May 10, 5:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
May 10, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	51 min
May 10, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	59 min
May 10, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Ward	60 min
May 10, 5:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
May 10, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	57 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
May 10, 6:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
May 10, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane, Upton	66 min
May 10, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan, Upton	62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.