Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2002, 5:58 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 17 min. 4 reports 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 29, 2002, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Bakersfield, TX | |
| Apr 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Bakersfield, TX | Large tree limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| Apr 29, 6:01 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Bakersfield, TX | Hail covered the ground with drifts up to 8 inches deep. |
| Apr 29, 6:01 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Bakersfield, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
356 WUUS54 KMAF 292258 CCA SVRMAF TXC371-292315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED PLACEMENT IN COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 550 PM CDT MON APR 29 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PECOS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN PECOS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3104 10252 3091 10245 3100 10221 3107 10238
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 29 min |
| Apr 29, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 43 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.