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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 15, 2002Midland County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2002, 6:58 PM CDT for Midland County, Upton 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2002, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Midland County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 2002-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 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 2002-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-298 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2060 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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 152358
SVRMAF
TXC329-461-160100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
657 PM CDT MON APR 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  NORTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDKIFF...OR ABOUT 25
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  MIDKIFF AND RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY.

DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. IF YOU CANNOT GET 
UNDERGROUND...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY 
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.