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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 14, 2005Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2005, 8:11 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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: Sep 14, 2005, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2005, 8:33 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 150113
SVRMAF
TXC371-443-150215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0331.050915T0111Z-050915T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
811 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
  NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FARM ROAD 2886 IN NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3067 10246 3054 10248 3035 10199 3066 10201

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 150133
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
833 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005

TXC371-443-150143-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-050915T0215Z/
PECOS-TERRELL-
833 PM CDT WED SEP 14 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TERRELL AND 
SOUTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS WEAKENED
BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS
CANCELLED.

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED... PONDING OF WATER
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN
CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO
PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

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

LAT...LON 3067 10246 3054 10248 3035 10199 3066 10201

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 14, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	60 min
Sep 14, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	14 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.