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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 2002Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2002, 7:43 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
May 26, 2002, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ector County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 7:55 PM CDTHail 1.75Goldsmith, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2002-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 904 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
904 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 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 270043
SVRMAF
TXC135-270130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NOTREES. ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  NOTREES AND GOLDSMITH

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3195 10279 3181 10279 3198 10255 3208 10268

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler42 min
May 26, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos42 min
May 26, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos27 min
May 26, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos46 min
May 27, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews38 min
May 27, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry66 min
May 27, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos37 min
May 27, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry46 min
May 27, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell39 min
May 27, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos34 min
May 27, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMitchell23 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews40 min
May 27, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell20 min
May 27, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton42 min
May 27, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell35 min
May 27, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor40 min
May 27, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson50 min
May 27, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton27 min
May 27, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor, Midland40 min
May 27, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock59 min
May 27, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson32 min
May 27, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin30 min
May 27, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland44 min
May 27, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward53 min
May 27, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock61 min

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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.