Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2000, 2:57 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2000, 2:57 AM CST (08:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2000, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Andrews County, TX, Ector County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:00 AM CST | Hail 1 | Gardendale, TX | |
| Mar 22, 3:35 AM CST | Hail 1 | Tarzan, TX | |
| Mar 22, 4:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind | Tarzan, TX | Thunderstorm outflow winds damaged farm equipment. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMAF 220901
SVRMAF
TXC003-135-317-329-221000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
257 AM CST WED MAR 22 2000
THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN TEXAS
EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN TEXAS
MARTIN COUNTY IN TEXAS
MIDLAND COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 400 AM CST
* AT 253 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED AN
AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES EAST OF ANDREWS TO 1 MILE
EAST OF PENWELL...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUFORD...MISSION
DORADO...VALLEY VIEW...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...THE INTERSECTION
OF HWY 349 AND HWY 176...WARFIELD...GREENWOOD...SPRABERRY...COTTON
FLAT...COURTNEY...TARZAN...LENORAH...GRADY...THREE LEAGUES...BROWN
...FLOWER GROVE...PLEASANT FARMS...NORTH COWDEN...WEST ODESSA...
...STANTON...ODESSA...MIDLAND AND GARDENDALE.
HAIL UP TO 1 3/4 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE IF TIME
PERMITS...AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.
LAT...LON 3207 10256 3166 10259 3167 10180 3211 10178
3251 10171 3251 10241The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 51 min |
| Mar 21, 7:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Scurry | 42 min |
| Mar 21, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 31 min |
| Mar 21, 11:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 67 min |
| Mar 22, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 65 min |
| Mar 22, 12:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 54 min |
| Mar 22, 12:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 12:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 12:49 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 12:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 65 min |
| Mar 22, 1:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Winkler | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 1:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 58 min |
| Mar 22, 1:56 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 52 min |
| Mar 22, 2:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 48 min |
| Mar 22, 4:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 4:18 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin | 117 min |
| Mar 22, 4:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 5:33 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 2:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 40 min |
| Mar 22, 2:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 31 min |
| Mar 22, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 30 min |
| Mar 22, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 29 min |
| Mar 22, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 3:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos, Upton | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 37 min |
| Mar 22, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 42 min |
| Mar 22, 4:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 3 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 46 min |
| Mar 22, 4:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 52 min |
| Mar 22, 4:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 43 min |
| Mar 22, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 51 min |
| Mar 22, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 26 min |
| Mar 22, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 52 min |
| Mar 22, 5:34 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Upton | 2 hr |
| Mar 22, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 33 min |
| Mar 22, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 46 min |
| Mar 22, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 37 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.