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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2006, 6:32 PM CST for Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 5 reports 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 28, 2006, 6:32 PM CST (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2006, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:57 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 7 E Wink, TX | |
| Mar 28, 7:05 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Kermit, TX | |
| Mar 28, 7:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Kermit, TX | QUARTER HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BROKE WINDOWS IN HOMES. |
| Mar 28, 7:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Wink, TX | QUARTER HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BROKE WINDOWS IN HOMES. |
| Mar 28, 7:15 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 65 | Kermit, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 25 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 28, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1354 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMAF 290035
SVRMAF
TXC495-290130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0033.060329T0032Z-060329T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
632 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 628 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF WINK...OR 19
MILES NORTHEAST OF PECOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WINK...
KERMIT...
STATE HIGHWAY 18...
STATE HIGHWAY 302...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SAFE
SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3167 10334 3166 10281 3208 10279 3205 10302
3199 10304 3199 10309 3198 10324
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMAF 290101
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
700 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2006
TXC495-290130-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-060329T0130Z/
WINKLER TX-
700 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST
FOR WINKLER COUNTY...
AT 658 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINK...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF KERMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
INCLUDE...KERMIT...STATE HIGHWAYS 18 AND 302..AND THE WINKLER COUNTY
SANDHILLS PARK.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3167 10334 3166 10281 3208 10279 3205 10302
3199 10304 3199 10309 3198 10324
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 28, 6:08 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 6:08 PM CST, 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
608 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2006
.UPDATE...
WILL SEND AN UPDATE SHORTLY TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH
NUMBER 107...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON CST THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA
COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM NOON CST THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...LOVING...
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...WARD...AND WINKLER.
&&
99/99Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 2:33 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 233 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-292045- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 233 PM CST TUE MAR 28 2006 /133 PM MST TUE MAR 28 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE PERMIAN BASIN. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LAMESA TO SANDERSON LINE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 63 min |
| Mar 28, 6:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 7:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 8:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 63 min |
| Mar 28, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 9:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 10:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 55 min |
| Mar 28, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 10:46 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 66 min |
| Mar 28, 11:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 12:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 12:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 53 min |
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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.