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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 5, 2002Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2002, 9:46 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 89 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
Oct 5, 2002, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2002, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2002-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1356 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 2002-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
1356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

072 
WUUS54 KMAF 060246
SVRMAF
TXC389-060315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
946 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HWY
  285 AND SH 302...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF MENTONE...MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. AND THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HWY 285 AND
  SH 302

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

LAT...LON 3179 10398 3165 10399 3151 10365 3161 10359
          3171 10364 3173 10374 3180 10381

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson74 min
Oct 5, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves78 min
Oct 5, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines21 hr
Oct 5, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines66 hr
Oct 6, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland47 hr

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.