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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 7, 2002Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2002, 7:56 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
May 7, 2002, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mitchell County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2002-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 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 080056
SVRMAF
TXC335-080130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
756 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

LORAINE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3227 10111 3210 10114 3211 10068 3231 10073

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock33 min
May 7, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland23 min
May 7, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock35 min
May 7, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward45 min
May 7, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock46 min
May 7, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell41 min
May 7, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell46 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.