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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 17, 1998Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1998, 10:37 PM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
May 17, 1998, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1998, 11:05 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Presidio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 291 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 1998-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1698 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 1998-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 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
1698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 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.

686 
WUUS1 KMAF 180338 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC377-180405-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1037 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1105 PM CDT

AT 1034 PM CDT... MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF MARFA OR 5 MILES WEST OF PAISANO PASS
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... PAISANO PASS ON
HIGHWAY 67/90.

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

17/13

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson32 min
May 17, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio46 min
May 17, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.