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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 8, 2014Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2014, 12:16 AM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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
May 8, 2014, 12:16 AM CDT (05:16 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Midland County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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
May 8, 12:35 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Greenwood, TXPOWER POLES SNAPPED ON FM 307 NEAR GREENWOOD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 2014-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2014-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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.

957 
WUUS54 KMAF 080516
SVRMAF
TXC329-080600-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0013.140508T0516Z-140508T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1216 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1211 AM 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 NEAR
  COTTON FLAT...OR NEAR MIDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  MIDLAND...COTTON FLAT...GREENWOOD...

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 3207 10209 3207 10179 3174 10180 3179 10209
      3194 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 231DEG 31KT 3197 10205

$$
1 follow-up statement
786 
WWUS54 KMAF 080543
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1243 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

TXC329-080600-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140508T0600Z/
MIDLAND-
1243 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY...

AT 1241 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 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 SPRABERRY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF STANTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...SPRABERRRY...
OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHEAST MIDLAND COUNTY.

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 3207 10209 3207 10179 3174 10180 3179 10209
      3194 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 308DEG 9KT 3191 10183

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock24 min
May 7, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell45 min
May 7, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock, Reagan25 min
May 7, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos36 min
May 7, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan49 min
May 7, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan26 min
May 7, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan28 min
May 7, 9:16 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF25 hr
May 7, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan27 min
May 7, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor35 min
May 7, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin32 min
May 7, 11:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
May 7, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin26 min
May 7, 11:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland26 min
May 7, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin38 min
May 7, 11:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane36 min
May 8, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin26 min
May 8, 12:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMartin, Midland3 hr
May 8, 12:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland27 min
May 8, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin21 min
May 8, 12:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton25 min
May 8, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward32 min
May 8, 1:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFHoward3 hr
May 8, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland27 min
May 8, 1:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton23 min
May 8, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell, Scurry26 min
May 8, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock32 min
May 8, 5:03 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAF18 hr
May 8, 5:03 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMAF10 hr
May 8, 2:39 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.