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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 28, 2002Andrews County, Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 28, 2002, 6:48 AM CST for Andrews County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
Oct 28, 2002, 6:48 AM CST (12:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 2002, 7:15 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Andrews County, TX, Martin County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2002-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 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 2002-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 7:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Ward9 hr
Oct 27, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane9 hr
Oct 27, 7:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward11 hr
Oct 27, 8:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos11 hr
Oct 27, 8:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos56 min
Oct 27, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos55 min
Oct 27, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson37 min
Oct 28, 1:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos38 min
Oct 28, 3:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan45 min
Oct 28, 6:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor41 min
Oct 28, 6:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin27 min
Oct 28, 9:05 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
Oct 28, 9:56 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
Oct 28, 4:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.