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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2016, 11:56 PM CDT for Culberson County, Loving County, Reeves County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 64 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 8, 2016, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX, Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
823
WUUS54 KMAF 090456
SVRMAF
NMC015-TXC109-301-389-090600-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0002.160409T0456Z-160409T0600Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1156 PM CDT FRI APR 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN LOVING COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT/
* AT 1155 PM CDT/1055 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK...OR 26 MILES EAST OF
PINE SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOVING...MALAGA AND RED BLUFF RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3167 10433 3182 10449 3233 10425 3228 10408
3202 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 204DEG 33KT 3181 10438
$$
671 follow-up statement
539
WWUS54 KMAF 090534
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1234 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016
NMC015-TXC109-301-389-090600-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160409T0600Z/
EDDY NM-CULBERSON TX-REEVES TX-LOVING TX-
1234 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM
CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT/ FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY...NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON...
NORTHWESTERN REEVES AND NORTHWESTERN LOVING COUNTIES...
AT 1233 AM CDT/1133 PM MDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MALAGA...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOVING...MALAGA AND RED BLUFF RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3167 10433 3182 10449 3233 10425 3228 10408
3202 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 200DEG 37KT 3221 10419
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
67The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 64 min | |
| Apr 9, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 57 min |
| Apr 9, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 65 min |
| Apr 9, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 38 min |
| Apr 9, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.