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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 18, 2003Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2003, 10:27 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gaines 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2003, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2003-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 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 190327
SVRMAF
TXC115-165-190400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1027 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1027 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CEDAR LAKE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF
  SEMINOLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  WELCH...PUNKIN CENTER...PRIDE...LOOP...CEDAR LAKE AND ASHMORE

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

LAT...LON 3269 10244 3270 10204 3283 10205 3295 10205
          3295 10244

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines48 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.