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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 8, 2014Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2014, 2:05 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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, 2014, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-585 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
453 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

454 
WUUS54 KMAF 081905
SVRMAF
TXC043-371-082000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0113.140608T1905Z-140608T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
205 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES NORTH OF ALTUDA...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE...MOVING   
  EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  ALTUDA...
  MARATHON...
  US 67...
  US 90...

LAT...LON 3055 10295 3003 10303 3019 10362 3049 10367
      3066 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 281DEG 17KT 3044 10347

$$
1 follow-up statement
576 
WWUS54 KMAF 081925
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
225 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

TXC043-371-082000-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-140608T2000Z/
PECOS-BREWSTER-
225 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTIES...

AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALTUDA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF
ALPINE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...NORTH
CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3055 10295 3003 10303 3019 10362 3049 10367
      3066 10344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 282DEG 15KT 3042 10338

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster44 min
Jun 7, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard32 min
Jun 7, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews27 min
Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines59 min
Jun 7, 8:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF24 min
Jun 7, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster56 min
Jun 7, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines39 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines61 min
Jun 8, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Gaines30 min
Jun 8, 1:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson, Gaines3 hr
Jun 8, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Scurry58 min
Jun 8, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines66 min
Jun 8, 3:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
Jun 8, 4:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines36 min
Jun 8, 10:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines32 min
Jun 8, 11:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson23 min
Jun 8, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF28 min
Jun 8, 2:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFBorden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry20 hr
Jun 8, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos29 min
Jun 8, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster55 min
Jun 8, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis53 min
Jun 8, 4:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves3 hr
Jun 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos61 min
Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell3 hr
Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster30 min
Jun 8, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio62 min
Jun 8, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos53 min
Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell63 min
Jun 8, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster60 min

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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.