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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 11:00 PM CST | HAIL 0.25 | 6 E Seminole, TX | PEA...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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 9:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews | 4 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:22 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 9:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 55 min |
| Mar 19, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 10:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 63 min |
| Mar 19, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 55 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.