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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 4, 2004Scurry County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2004, 6:31 AM CST for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
Mar 4, 2004, 6:31 AM CST (12:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 7:15 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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
Mar 4, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2004-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 622 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 2004-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
622 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

201 
WUUS54 KMAF 041231
SVRMAF
TXC415-041315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
631 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 715 AM CST

* AT 631 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RANDALLS CORNER...OR ABOUT
  9 MILES WEST OF SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE...
  SNYDER...UNION...RANDALLS CORNER...DERMOTT AND ARAH

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

LAT...LON 3283 10116 3255 10113 3277 10076 3293 10072
          3294 10108

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 10:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews45 min
Mar 4, 1:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland32 min
Mar 4, 2:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin27 min
Mar 4, 4:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton52 min
Mar 4, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson46 min
Mar 4, 4:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson40 min
Mar 4, 4:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock49 min
Mar 4, 5:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward35 min
Mar 4, 6:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock32 min
Mar 4, 6:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan28 min
Mar 4, 6:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock41 min
Mar 4, 6:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland32 min
Mar 4, 6:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward35 min
Mar 4, 7:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin36 min
Mar 4, 7:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry57 min
Mar 4, 7:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos52 min
Mar 4, 7:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland47 min
Mar 4, 8:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin52 min
Mar 4, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton47 min
Mar 4, 8:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan67 min
Mar 4, 9:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden48 min
Mar 4, 9:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock44 min
Mar 4, 9:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell27 min
Mar 4, 9:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden19 min
Mar 4, 9:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward38 min
Mar 4, 10:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell57 min
Mar 4, 10:28 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward3 hr
Mar 4, 10:38 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFScurry3 hr
Mar 4, 10:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry49 min

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.