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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

November 23, 1996Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 23, 1996, 8:22 PM CST for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 23, 1996, 8:22 PM CST (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 1996, 8:55 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 343 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1052 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 6:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane32 min
Nov 23, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland49 min
Nov 23, 8:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.