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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 22, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 22, 9:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 E Sanderson, TX | GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED ON 5 MILES EAST OF SANDERSON ON U.S. HIGHWAY 90. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 999 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMAF 230131 SVRMAF TXC443-230230- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0021.070323T0130Z-070323T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 830 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF SANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SANDERSON... DRYDEN... MOTORISTS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN SANDERSON AND DRYDEN... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3001 10253 2987 10230 3019 10190 3034 10231 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 230213 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 908 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 TXC443-230230- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070323T0230Z/ TERRELL TX- 908 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY... AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DRYDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...AND MAY MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTY BY 925 PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY OF SANDERSON SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM TO ARRIVE BETWEEN 930 AND 945 PM CDT...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE... SANDERSON...AND U.S. HIGHWAY 90 BETWEEN SANDERSON AND DRYDEN. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3001 10253 2987 10230 3019 10190 3034 10231 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 63 min |
| Mar 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 11:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 19 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 54 min |
| Mar 23, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 64 min |
| Mar 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 56 min |
| Mar 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 56 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.