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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT for Howard County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 1, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Howard County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1772 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
365 WUUS54 KMAF 020124 SVRMAF TXC335-415-020230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 823 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF IRA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER. OTHER SEVERE STORMS ARE NEAR CUTHBERT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... SNYDER...COLORADO CITY...WESTBROOK...UNION...RANDALLS CORNER... LORAINE...IRA...HERMLEIGH...DUNN...DERMOTT...CUTHBERT AND CHINA GROVE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. LAT...LON 3216 10114 3215 10069 3295 10070 3293 10113 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 1, 2:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 200 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 LOOKS TO BE BUSY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREA... EASTERN CWA IN SLIGHT RISK. CIRCULATION FROM A SHORTWAVE OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO CURRENTLY MOVING INTO TEXAS AS SEEN ON SATELLITE AND EARLIER ON RADAR. THIS FEATURE NOT PICKED UP WELL IN THE MODELS EXCEPT FOR MESO ETA. MESO ETA BRINGS THIS VORT MAX ACROSS NORTHERN CWA DURING PEAK HEATING WITH WEAKER SPOKES ROTATING THROUGH LATER. AIDING CHANCES FOR STORMS IS A WARM FRONT... DRYLINE... OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES... AND DAY TIME HEATING. THE WARM FRONT HAS MOVED TO THE NORTHERN PART OF CWA WITH THE DRYLINE STARTING TO COME EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS. RADAR INDICATING CONVECTION STARTING OVER DAVIS MOUNTAINS. KMAF 12Z SOUNDING LOOKS SEVERE AND UNUSUALLY MOIST FOR WEST TEXAS WITH PW OF 1.3 INCHES... CAPES OVER 3300 J... LI OF -8... AND TOTAL TOTALS OF 58. DID 18Z RUN FOR SPC... STILL MOIST AND UNSTABLE. MESO ETA SHOWALTER HAS -9 OVER NORTHERN CWA LATER TODAY. GIVEN YESTERDAYS HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN... WILL EXPAND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH SOUTHWARD TO INCLUDE MOST OF EASTERN CWA. IN THE UPPER LEVELS HIGH PRESSURE WILL STAY OVER MEXICO ALLOWING NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT INTO WEDNESDAY. MODELS BRING A NUMBER OF SHORTWAVES THROUGH THIS WEEK... WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE OF STORMS MOST PERIODS. ATMOSPHERE SLOSHES BACK AND FORTH NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ETA SHOWS A LEE SIDE LOW WILL PULL THE WARM FRONT NORTH OUT OF OUR AREA TODAY BUT DRAG IT BACK THROUGH THE AREA TOMORROW AS A COLD FRONT. WINDS RETURN TO THE SOUTH ON TUESDAY BUT ANOTHER FRONT DROPS INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOT EXPECTING MUCH COOLING WITH THESE FRONTS... MAY TURN OUT TO BE MORE OF A WIND SHIFT /BOUNDARY. TEMPS WILL RUN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. INITIAL NUMBERS FOLLOW. MAF BB 68/92/67/93 4232 CNM BB 66/95/67/96 1232 MRF BB 62/94/63/86 1222 FST BB 71/95/70/97 2222 .MAF... TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT TXZ046>048-051>053-61>63-68>70. NM...NONE. 72
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:27 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-020930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 227 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON WILL INTENSIFY AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO THE PLAINS OF THE TRANS PECOS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND THE PERMIAN BASIN. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PARTICUARLY HEAVY LOCALLIZED RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. A LIMITED THREAT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS AND PERMIAN BASIN. AREAS WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT INCLUDE LOCATIONS EAST OF LINE FROM FORT STOCKTON...TO WINK...TO HOBBS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT GENERALLY EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION... A WELL DEFINED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO/WEST TEXAS BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FEATURE WILL AID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION. AT THE SURFACE...A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN. MANY OTHER BOUNDARIES LIKELY EXIST ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF EARLIER CONVECTION. AN VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND NEARLY FULL SUNSHINE WILL RESULT IN A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES NEAR -10 DEGREES. WITH THE DEGREE OF MOISTURE/INSTABILITY AND RECENT HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...EXPECT FLASH FLOODING TO BE A PRIMARY CONCERN OVER THE BASIN. INVERTED V BOUNDARY LAYER PROFILES AND RELATIVELY LOW FREEZING LEVELS SUPPORT AN ENHANCED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SHEAR PROFILES WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ALTHOUGH EXTREMLY LIMITED...GIVEN THESE FACTORS AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY NEAR BOUNDARIES. LINDLEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-020000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 238 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST STORMS WILL LIKELY BEGIN ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS REGION BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND MOVE EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PARTICULARLY HEAVY LOCALIZED RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. THE AREAS WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT INCLUDE LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM FORT STOCKTON...TO WINK...TO HOBBS. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. LINDLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ045>048-050>053-058-060>063-067>070-075-081-082-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 325 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS... ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK... HOWARD...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...REAGAN...SCURRY...UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... BREWSTER...CULBERSON...PECOS...REEVES AND TERRELL THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ANDREWS...BAKERSFIELD...BIG LAKE...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... CRANE...DRYDEN...FORT STOCKTON...GAIL...GARDEN CITY...HOBBS... KERMIT...LAJITAS...LAMESA...LOVINGTON...MARATHON...MCCAMEY... MIDLAND...MONAHANS...ODESSA...PANTHER JUNCTION...PECOS...RANKIN... SANDERSON...SEMINOLE...SHEFFIELD...SNYDER...STANTON AND TATUM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ045>048-050>053-058-060>063-067>070-075-081-082-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO ADD LEA COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 325 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2003 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS... ANDREWS...BORDEN...CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK... HOWARD...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...REAGAN...SCURRY...UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... BREWSTER...CULBERSON...PECOS...REEVES AND TERRELL IN SOUTHEAST MEW MEXICO LEA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ANDREWS...BAKERSFIELD...BIG LAKE...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY... CRANE...DRYDEN...FORT STOCKTON...GAIL...GARDEN CITY...HOBBS... KERMIT...LAJITAS...LAMESA...LOVINGTON...MARATHON...MCCAMEY... MIDLAND...MONAHANS...ODESSA...PANTHER JUNCTION...PECOS...RANKIN... SANDERSON...SEMINOLE...SHEFFIELD...SNYDER...STANTON AND TATUM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 24 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.