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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 6, 2002Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2002, 8:43 PM CST for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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
Apr 6, 2002, 8:43 PM CST (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2002, 9:30 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Andrews County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2002-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 306 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 00:00Z on 2002-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 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
306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-356 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 070243
SVRMAF
TXC003-070330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
842 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 842 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLOREY TO 6
  MILES WEST OF ANDREWS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ANDREWS AND FLOREY

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

LAT...LON 3250 10271 3252 10230 3210 10230 3210 10271
          3250 10271 3250 10255

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 6:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves53 min
Apr 6, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving60 min
Apr 6, 7:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler52 min
Apr 7, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton42 min
Apr 7, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock54 min
Apr 7, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton37 min
Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan60 min
Apr 7, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos23 min
Apr 7, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos24 min
Apr 7, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan43 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.