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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 2000Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 7:10 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2000, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2000, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Howard County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2000-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2461 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
2461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

504 
WUUS54 KMAF 260011
SVRMAF
TXC227-260045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
710 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAND SPRINGS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...             
  SOUTH HAVEN...SAND SPRINGS...VINCENT AND COAHOMA.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE
FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS...UNDERPASSES...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF YOU
ENCOUNTER A FLOODED STRETCH OF ROADWAY...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT.
THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 57 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 3211 10152 3211 10118 3251 10119 3251 10137

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden24 min
May 25, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry52 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Upton38 min
May 25, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland41 min
May 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland48 min
May 25, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard39 min
May 25, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward31 min
May 25, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.