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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 9, 2008Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2008, 9:47 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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 9, 2008, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2008, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Martin County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 10:00 PM CDTHAIL 14 W Tarzan, 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 9, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 00:00Z on 2008-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 895 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
895 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 100247
SVRMAF
TXC317-100330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0021.080410T0247Z-080410T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
947 PM CDT WED APR 9 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF TARZAN...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF STANTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  TARZAN...
  GRADY...
  LENORAH...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3248 10169 3221 10172 3218 10211 3232 10222
      3234 10221 3250 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 217DEG 33KT 3231 10208

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Martin58 min
Apr 9, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry50 min
Apr 9, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton62 min
Apr 9, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton36 min
Apr 9, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland46 min
Apr 9, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos53 min
Apr 9, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Reagan56 min
Apr 9, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward47 min
Apr 9, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton25 min
Apr 9, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden25 min
Apr 9, 10:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward2 hr
Apr 9, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos33 min
Apr 9, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell59 min
Apr 9, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan28 min
Apr 9, 11:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFScurry2 hr
Apr 9, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMitchell115 min
Apr 10, 4:32 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMAFCrane, Ector, Glasscock, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 4 more14 hr
Apr 10, 5:35 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more16 hr
Apr 10, 2:58 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF14 hr

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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.