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Tornado Watch 168

May 1, 202233 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 1, 2022, 2:51 PM CDT for 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2022, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 4 in
Strongest gust expected: 65 kt

All 33 counties

Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes: 60%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 30%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 70%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 30%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 90%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 70%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 95%

Warnings issued inside it

56 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	45 min
May 1, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	27 min
May 1, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	61 min
May 1, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	54 min
May 1, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	55 min
May 1, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	63 min
May 1, 4:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Andrews	52 min
May 1, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Gaines	65 min
May 1, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	43 min
May 1, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	56 min
May 1, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	38 min
May 1, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Ward, Winkler	53 min
May 1, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward	65 min
May 1, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	65 min
May 1, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Ward	48 min
May 1, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	60 min
May 1, 5:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	41 min
May 1, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	65 min
May 1, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MAF	Gaines	60 min
May 1, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Gaines	38 min
May 1, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Winkler	50 min
May 1, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Borden, Scurry	42 min
May 1, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	46 min
May 1, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MAF	Borden, Scurry	60 min
May 1, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin	53 min
May 1, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	47 min
May 1, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Gaines	49 min
May 1, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Andrews	9 min
May 1, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Scurry	50 min
May 1, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	46 min
May 1, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward	42 min
May 1, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MAF	Scurry	66 min
May 1, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin	63 min
May 1, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MAF	Gaines	54 min
May 1, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Crockett	60 min
May 1, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	52 min
May 1, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MAF	Crane, Pecos	48 min
May 1, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos, Upton	42 min
May 1, 7:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Scurry	2 hr
May 1, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MAF	Scurry	44 min
May 1, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	44 min
May 1, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Coleman, Runnels, Taylor	37 min
May 1, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin	20 min
May 1, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MAF	Scurry	46 min
May 1, 7:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	2 hr
May 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	60 min
May 1, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Crockett	60 min
May 1, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SJT	Fisher	39 min
May 1, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	51 min
May 1, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Coleman, Runnels, Taylor	45 min
May 1, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SJT	Fisher	26 min
May 1, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Callahan, Jones, Shackelford, Taylor	45 min
May 1, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Borden, Dawson	39 min
May 1, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Fisher, Haskell, Jones	41 min
May 1, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SJT	Haskell, Jones, Throckmorton	53 min
May 1, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SJT	Jones	44 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -336 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 8:24 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Houston, Leon, Madison, Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity and 1 more	96 min
May 1, 1:04 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Brewster, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett and 26 more	2 hr
May 1, 3:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more	117 min
May 1, 3:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Hardin, Jasper and 8 more	2 hr
May 1, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more	7 hr
May 1, 5:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 14 more	88 min
May 1, 6:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 29 more	95 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.