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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 3, 2008Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2008, 4:02 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2008, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -436 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 032105
SVRMAF
TXC443-032200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0013.080403T2102Z-080403T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
402 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14   
  MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2400...
  THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...

DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... THE BEST PROTECTION CAN BE FOUND IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IS IMMINENT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HAIL THREE-QUARTERS
OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM
MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.

LAT...LON 3066 10180 3018 10180 3022 10232 3028 10237
      3052 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 265DEG 35KT 3035 10233

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 032135
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
432 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

TXC443-032200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080403T2200Z/
TERRELL TX-
432 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY...

AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...OR ABOUT 19 
MILES NORTHEAST OF DRYDEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. MOTORISTS 
TRAVELING ALONG TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY 349 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 472 
AND 458 WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER THE MOST INTENSE PORTION OF THIS 
STORM. 

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...THE
TERRELL GAS PLANT.

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.

LAT...LON 3066 10180 3018 10180 3022 10232 3028 10237
      3052 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 271DEG 51KT 3031 10194

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 032153
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
448 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

TXC443-032200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080403T2200Z/
TERRELL TX-
448 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY...

AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF
SHEFFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
THE TERRELL GAS PLANT...
FARM TO MARKET ROAD 3166...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS. 

LAT...LON 3066 10180 3018 10180 3022 10232 3028 10237
      3052 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 264DEG 35KT 3032 10179

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 032203
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
501 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

TXC443-032211-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080403T2200Z/
TERRELL TX-
501 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TERRELL COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 500 PM CDT...

AT 501 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 HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED... PONDING OF WATER 
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS...INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 349 
AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2400. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND 
BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT 
HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3066 10180 3018 10180 3022 10232 3028 10237
      3052 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 264DEG 35KT 3032 10173

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 6:14 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 8 more	46 hr
Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.