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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 9, 1993Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 9, 1993, 6:09 PM CST for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 1993, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Feb 9, 1993, 7:15 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Midland County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 1993-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 108 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 1993-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 100007
SVRMAF
TXC329-100115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
609 PM CST TUE FEB 9 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF
EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY INTO WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE
AIRPORT.
 
LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AND HOUR AND WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY OF
MIDLAND.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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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.