Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 725

October 22, 2002Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Oct 22, 2002, 2:25 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 22, 2002, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 2002, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos4 days
Oct 22, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos5 days
Oct 22, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell5 days
Oct 22, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines5 days

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2002-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 385 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 2002-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
385 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.