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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 19, 2016Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2016, 4:48 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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: Apr 19, 2016, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 4:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	25 Se Fort Stockton, TX	PRELIMINARY REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 8 TO 10 MINUTES. NO DAMAGE REPORTED, WAS IN OPEN COUNTRY WEST OF US HWY 285.

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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

022 
WUUS54 KMAF 192148
SVRMAF
TXC371-443-192245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0021.160419T2148Z-160419T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
448 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 447 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 24 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3046 10279 3074 10279 3083 10250 3083 10214
      3061 10211 3044 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 240DEG 49KT 3059 10268 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

913 
WWUS54 KMAF 192213
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
513 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2016

TXC371-443-192245-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160419T2245Z/
PECOS TX-TERRELL TX-
513 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES...

AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 22 MILES NORTH OF
LONGFELLOW...OR 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 15
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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3046 10279 3074 10279 3083 10250 3083 10214
      3061 10211 3044 10237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 273DEG 15KT 3049 10267 

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 19, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	34 min
Apr 19, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	60 min
Apr 19, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	27 min
Apr 19, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	59 min
Apr 19, 5:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	2 hr
Apr 19, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.