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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 3, 2003Crane County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2003, 6:58 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 3, 2003, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crane County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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
Jun 3, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2003-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1343 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-333 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

929 
WUUS54 KMAF 032358
SVRMAF
TXC103-040100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
700 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF CORDONA LAKE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CRANE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  CORDONA LAKE

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

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3110 10234 3114 10242 3121 10243 3129 10257
          3130 10277 3135 10276 3135 10232 3110 10231

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos45 min
Jun 3, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster45 min
Jun 3, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Winkler44 min
Jun 3, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane42 min
Jun 3, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor62 min
Jun 3, 5:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
Jun 3, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland60 min
Jun 3, 6:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
Jun 3, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry55 min
Jun 3, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane25 min
Jun 3, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden50 min
Jun 3, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.