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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 15, 2010Crane County, Ector County, Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2010, 7:30 PM CDT for Crane County, Ector County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
Sep 15, 2010, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2010, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 302 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 389 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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.

542 
WUUS54 KMAF 160030
SVRMAF
TXC103-135-475-160130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0252.100916T0030Z-100916T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
730 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 728 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 NEAR   
  MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MONAHANS AND 5 
  MILES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE I-20...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3161 10249 3146 10268 3157 10285 3172 10274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 135DEG 12KT 3161 10272

$$
1 follow-up statement
512 
WWUS54 KMAF 160103
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
803 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

TXC135-160114-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-100916T0130Z/
ECTOR TX-
803 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 3161 10249 3146 10268 3157 10285 3165 10279
      3165 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 135DEG 12KT 3169 10282

$$

TXC103-475-160130-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-100916T0130Z/
WARD TX-CRANE TX-
803 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CRANE AND NORTHEASTERN WARD COUNTIES...

AT 800 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 MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MONAHANS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3161 10249 3146 10268 3157 10285 3165 10279
      3165 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 135DEG 12KT 3169 10282

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward38 min
Sep 15, 9:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton116 min
Sep 16, 2:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis108 min
Sep 16, 5:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReeves, Ward119 min
Sep 16, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Martin21 min
Sep 16, 5:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves111 min
Sep 16, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews40 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.