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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

February 25, 2000Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 25, 2000, 12:51 AM CST for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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 25, 2000, 12:51 AM CST (06:51 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2000, 1:45 AM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 25, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 250654
SVRMAF
TXC335-250745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1251 AM CST FRI FEB 25 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 145 AM CST

* AT 1248 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESTBROOK
  TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTBROOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...             
  CUTHBERT...WESTBROOK...LORAINE AND COLORADO CITY.

HAIL TO GOLFBALLS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3251 10118 3210 10119 3211 10067 3252 10068

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 11:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard51 min
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, 12:59 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.