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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 27, 2002Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2002, 12:38 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2002, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2002, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2002-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1553 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2002-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 271738
SVRMAF
TXC371-271815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1236 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PECOS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1236 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WESTERN PECOS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 27
  MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  HOVEY...HIGHWAY 67
  

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3087 10336 3068 10344 3038 10300 3064 10283

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler42 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor47 min
May 26, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos42 min
May 26, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos27 min
May 26, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos46 min
May 27, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews38 min
May 27, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry66 min
May 27, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry46 min
May 27, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell39 min
May 27, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos34 min
May 27, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMitchell23 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews40 min
May 27, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell20 min
May 27, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton42 min
May 27, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell35 min
May 27, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor40 min
May 27, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson50 min
May 27, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton27 min
May 27, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor, Midland40 min
May 27, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock59 min
May 27, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson32 min
May 27, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin30 min
May 27, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland44 min
May 27, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward53 min
May 27, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.