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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 24, 2000Borden County, Howard County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2000, 11:24 PM CST for Borden County, Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
Feb 24, 2000, 11:24 PM CST (05:24 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2000, 12:15 AM CST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Borden County, TX, Howard County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2000-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1080 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 2000-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1080 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 250525
SVRMAF
TXC033-227-250615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1124 PM CST THU FEB 24 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST

* AT 1118 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF KNOTT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...             
  LAKE J.B. THOMAS...GAIL...KNOTT...VEALMOOR AND LUTHER.

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 3252 10169 3229 10168 3262 10119 3292 10154

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 11:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland56 min
Feb 25, 12:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry60 min
Feb 25, 12:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward59 min
Feb 25, 12:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton61 min
Feb 25, 12:33 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock42 min
Feb 25, 12:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan55 min
Feb 25, 12:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell54 min
Feb 25, 12:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry61 min
Feb 25, 1:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock60 min
Feb 25, 1:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan60 min
Feb 25, 1:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry54 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.