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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 20, 2002Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2002, 6:58 PM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 20, 2002, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Presidio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 315 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 2002-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2372 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 2002-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-287 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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 202358
SVRMAF
TXC377-210100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
657 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PRESIDIO OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF            
  SHAFTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...PRESIDIO
  AND SHAFTER

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LAT...LON 2969 10450 2954 10427 2995 10395 3003 10437

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster51 min
Jun 19, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster24 min
Jun 20, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis62 min
Jun 20, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson26 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.