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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 26, 2000Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2000, 10:47 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
Apr 26, 2000, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Brewster County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 724 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2000-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 270348
SVRMAF
TXC043-270430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1047 PM CDT WED APR 26 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1044 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERLINGUA RANCH LODGE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...                
  AREAS NORTH OF PANTHER JUNCTION

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS...UP TO 70 
MPH.  CAMPERS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 57 MPH...HAILSTONES THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...OR BOTH.

LAT...LON 2941 10347 2929 10332 2946 10303 2961 10321

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster44 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.