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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 24 min |
| May 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 52 min |
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 38 min |
| May 25, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 41 min |
| May 25, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 48 min |
| May 25, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 39 min |
| May 25, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 31 min |
| May 25, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 43 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.