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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 10, 2002Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2002, 5:27 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
May 10, 2002, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2002-05-10Temperature 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 2002-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 373 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
-494 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 102227
SVRMAF
TXC371-102300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
527 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER COYANOSA...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF 
MONAHANS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  COYANOSA

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE 
GOLFBALLS.  GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos41 min
May 10, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos61 min
May 10, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster56 min
May 10, 6:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 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.