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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 421, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

December 6, 2004Martin County, Midland County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 6, 2004, 10:45 AM CST for Martin County, Midland County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
Dec 6, 2004, 10:45 AM CST (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2004, 11:30 AM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2004-12-06Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2004-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
1369 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 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 061645
SVRMAF
TXC317-329-461-061730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1042 AM CST MON DEC 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS
  NORTHERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST

* AT 1041 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL    
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ENTERING THE WESTERN
  PORTIONS OF MARTIN...MIDLAND...AND NORTHERN UPTON COUNTIES. 
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TARZAN...
  MIDLAND...
  
DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... THE BEST PROTECTION CAN BE FOUND IN 
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3248 10169 3209 10173 3208 10178 3163 10177
      3134 10181 3134 10227 3250 10217

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 6, 10:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.