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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 13, 2002Reeves County, Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2002, 6:11 PM CDT for Reeves County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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
Apr 13, 2002, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 13, 6:15 PM CDTHail 0.75Pecos, TX

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2002-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1027 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 2002-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1027 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-285 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 132311
SVRMAF
TXC389-475-140015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
609 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  EAST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PECOS...MOVING EAST AT 10
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  PECOS AND BARSTOW

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

LAT...LON 3158 10378 3137 10358 3142 10306 3155 10304
          3164 10335

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton48 min

Nearby

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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.