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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | 2 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:52 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 15 hr | |
| Apr 17, 3:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 15 hr | |
| Apr 17, 5:15 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 41 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.