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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 2002Ward County, Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2002, 3:37 PM CDT for Ward County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 26, 2002, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2002-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 537 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 2002-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-287 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 262037
SVRMAF
TXC475-495-262115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
336 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WICKETT...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF   
  MONAHANS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  MONAHANS...KERMIT...WINK...WICKETT AND PYOTE

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

LAT...LON 3150 10329 3138 10292 3180 10281 3186 10313

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor45 min
May 25, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland60 min
May 25, 7:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland114 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane3 hr
May 25, 9:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
May 26, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 26, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster44 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.