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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 14, 1991Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1991, 9:09 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1991, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1991, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 46 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1991-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 540 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1991-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
540 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin68 min
Jun 14, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward55 min
Jun 14, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland57 min
Jun 14, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell61 min
Jun 14, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward60 min
Jun 15, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton60 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.