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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 19, 2006Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2006, 10:02 PM CST for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2006, 10:02 PM CST (04:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2006, 11:00 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 19, 11:00 PM CSTHAIL 0.256 E Seminole, TXPEA...DIMES...AND PENNIES COVERED THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 19, 6:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2006-03-20Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
100 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 200404
SVRMAF
TXC165-200500-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0021.060320T0402Z-060320T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1002 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST

* AT 1000 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY...OR 13
  MILES SOUTH OF SEMINOLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  U.S. 385 AND FM 1788 SOUTH OF SEMINOLE...
  FAIRVIEW...
  THE FAIRVIEW COMMUNITY...
  CEDAR LAKE...

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PENNY TO DIME SIZE HAIL 
WITH THIS STORM ALONG U.S. 385.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO PULL OVER IF 
HAIL IS ENCOUNTERED.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.

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

LAT...LON 3254 10271 3253 10228 3292 10222 3289 10260

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 200450
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1049 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

TXC165-200500-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060320T0500Z/
GAINES TX-
1049 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST
FOR EASTERN GAINES COUNTY...

AT 1047 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEMINOLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
U.S. 180 EAST OF SEMINOLE...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST MONDAY
MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.

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

LAT...LON 3254 10271 3253 10228 3292 10222 3289 10260

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 8:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews66 min
Mar 19, 8:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines63 min
Mar 19, 9:14 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMAFAndrews4 hr
Mar 19, 9:22 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more21 hr
Mar 19, 9:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews64 min
Mar 19, 9:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves42 min
Mar 19, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson55 min
Mar 19, 10:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews64 min
Mar 19, 10:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines63 min
Mar 19, 10:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor43 min
Mar 19, 11:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines42 min
Mar 19, 11:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.