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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 17, 2007Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2007, 2:51 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
Apr 17, 2007, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2007, 3:21 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 17, 3:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 702 N Colorado City, TX

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
Apr 17, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2007-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 169 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-86 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 171951
SVRMAF
TXC335-172045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0113.070417T1951Z-070417T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
251 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CUTHBERT...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  CUTHBERT...
  COLORADO CITY...
  LORAINE...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS.

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 3251 10115 3228 10113 3210 10067 3250 10068

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 172021
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
321 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

TXC335-172031-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-070417T2045Z/
MITCHELL TX-
321 PM CDT TUE APR 17 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MITCHELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS.

AT 321 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.

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

LAT...LON 3251 10115 3228 10113 3210 10067 3250 10068

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 3:52 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAF15 hr
Apr 17, 3:52 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMAF15 hr
Apr 17, 5:15 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Glasscock, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 5 more14 hr
Apr 17, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry38 min
Apr 17, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry45 min
Apr 17, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry41 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.