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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 16, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2016, 7:39 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 51 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, 2016, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

052 
WUUS54 KMAF 170039
SVRMAF
TXC103-371-383-461-170130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0013.160417T0039Z-160417T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
739 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  UPTON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF MCCAMEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BEST...KING MOUNTAIN...TEXON...GIRVIN AND
  UPTON COUNTY AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3108 10156 3109 10237 3103 10229 3103 10221
      3100 10219 3099 10208 3100 10205 3099 10198
      3096 10195 3090 10242 3120 10267 3154 10208
      3125 10147
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 244DEG 32KT 3117 10211 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

651 
WWUS54 KMAF 170103
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
803 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

TXC103-371-383-461-170130-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160417T0130Z/
CRANE TX-PECOS TX-UPTON TX-REAGAN TX-
803 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRANE...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS...UPTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
REAGAN COUNTIES...

AT 803 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANKIN...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BEST...KING MOUNTAIN...TEXON AND UPTON COUNTY
AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3108 10236 3106 10244 3103 10253 3120 10267
      3154 10208 3125 10147 3108 10156 3109 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 251DEG 30KT 3124 10189 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reagan, Upton	43 min
Apr 16, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	46 min
Apr 16, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	44 min
Apr 16, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	57 min
Apr 16, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan, Upton	38 min
Apr 16, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MAF	Scurry	25 min
Apr 16, 7:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Reagan	33 min
Apr 16, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell	47 min
Apr 16, 8:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Reagan, Upton	3 hr
Apr 16, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan, Upton	48 min
Apr 16, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Reagan, Upton	48 min
Apr 16, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	43 min
Apr 16, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	50 min
Apr 16, 8:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	4 hr
Apr 16, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	49 min
Apr 16, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	45 min
Apr 16, 10:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	3 hr
Apr 16, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	53 min
Apr 16, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	49 min
Apr 16, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	67 min
Apr 16, 11:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.