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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2002, 7:14 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 76 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2002, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 76 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), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 E | Ft Stockton, TX | The local newspaper and the Red Cross reported significant roof damage to fourteen homes and a funeral home. In addition...numerous reports of downed power poles and tree damage were received. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMAF 140014 SVRMAF TXC371-140130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 714 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PECOS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... FORT STOCKTON HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3111 10275 3089 10297 3033 10288 3076 10220 $$ GJ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 230 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COOLER AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA AS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE BIG BEND AREA EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS STARTING TO BECOME SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AGAIN WITH HEATING AND PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THE BEST CHANCES WILL REMAIN SOUTH NEAR THE FRONT. AN AREA OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MAY ORGANIZE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD WORK THEIR WAY EAST/SOUTHEAST INTO PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS OVER MOST AREAS TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY...A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. MODELS HINT AT THE DRYLINE PUSHING EAST TO NEAR THE TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH CONVERGENCE FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...BUT THE BEST CHANCES WILL REMAIN WELL EAST OF OUR AREA. IN THE EXTENDED...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED OVER THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PRELIMINARY TEMPS/POPS: MAF 066/095/069/091 2111 LSA 064/095/065/089 2111 6R6 070/093/071/097 2111 MRF 060/093/061/094 3211 CNM 065/101/071/098 3111 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-074-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 239 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 245 PM CDT (145 PM MDT)...UNTIL 8 PM CDT (7 PM MDT) THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS... ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK... HOWARD...LOVING...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...REAGAN...SCURRY... UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... LEA IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... REEVES THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ANDREWS...BIG LAKE...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...CRANE...GAIL... GARDEN CITY...HOBBS...KERMIT...LAMESA...LOVINGTON...MCCAMEY... MENTONE...MIDLAND...MONAHANS...ODESSA...PECOS...RANKIN...SEMINOLE... SNYDER...STANTON AND TATUM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 15 hr |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.