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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 16, 2015Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2015, 5:38 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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: Apr 16, 2015, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -316 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 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.

614 
WUUS54 KMAF 162238
SVRMAF
TXC371-162330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0021.150416T2238Z-150416T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
538 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 533 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF
  BAKERSFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BAKERSFIELD AND GIRVIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3121 10254 3094 10224 3073 10243 3087 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 216DEG 18KT 3092 10249

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JMC

1 follow-up statement

832 
WWUS54 KMAF 162300
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
600 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXC371-162330-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150416T2330Z/
PECOS TX-
600 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PECOS
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 555 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF 
BAKERSFIELD ALONG AND NEAR INTERSTATE 10...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 
MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BAKERSFIELD AND GIRVIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3121 10254 3094 10224 3073 10243 3087 10266
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 216DEG 18KT 3091 10240

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JMC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	42 min
Apr 15, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	48 min
Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		34 min
Apr 16, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	52 min
Apr 16, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Terrell	40 min
Apr 16, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	58 min
Apr 16, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	30 min
Apr 16, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	24 min
Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	30 min
Apr 16, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	25 min
Apr 16, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	29 min
Apr 16, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	23 min
Apr 16, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	31 min
Apr 16, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	25 min
Apr 16, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	26 min
Apr 16, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler	17 min
Apr 16, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	25 min
Apr 16, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Ward	48 min
Apr 16, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	56 min
Apr 16, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	25 min
Apr 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	60 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.