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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 8, 2016Culberson County, Loving County, Reeves County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 

$$

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1 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
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster48 min
Apr 8, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos38 min
Apr 8, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane45 min
Apr 8, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson45 min
Apr 8, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF64 min
Apr 9, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward57 min
Apr 9, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler65 min
Apr 9, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson38 min
Apr 9, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.