640  
WFUS54 KMAF 042343  
TORMAF  
TXC383-461-050030-  
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0007.240504T2343Z-240505T0030Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
643 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...  
NORTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...  
 
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 643 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED 23 MILES NORTH OF RANKIN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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  
NORTHWESTERN REAGAN AND NORTHEASTERN UPTON 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.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3153 10194 3163 10185 3162 10143 3125 10167  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 306DEG 17KT 3156 10186  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
 

 
 
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