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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 8, 2011Borden County, Scurry County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 7:58 PM CDT for Borden County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 8, 2011, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Borden County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2011-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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.

167 
WUUS54 KMAF 090058
SVRMAF
TXC033-415-090200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0049.110609T0058Z-110609T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
758 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND-ODESSA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BORDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GAIL...
  SCURRY COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SNYDER...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LAKE J.B. THOMAS...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAIL...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTH OF LAKE J.B. THOMAS BY 815 PM CDT...
  ARAH...KNAPP AND 8 MILES WEST OF RANDALLS CORNER BY 900 PM CDT...
  SNYDER WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY STRENGTHENING THUNDERSTORMS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 10078 3252 10070 3252 10169 3276 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 251DEG 9KT 3266 10133

$$

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1 follow-up statement
853 
WWUS54 KMAF 090134
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
834 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

TXC033-415-090200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110609T0200Z/
SCURRY TX-BORDEN TX-
834 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN AND SCURRY COUNTIES...

AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LAKE J.B. THOMAS...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GAIL...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KNAPP BY 855 PM CDT...
  IRA BY 900 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3252 10145 3286 10123 3296 10078 3252 10070
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 254DEG 10KT 3259 10120

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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.