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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 9, 2016Loving County, Reeves County, Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2016, 12:18 AM CDT for Loving County, Reeves County, Ward 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 9, 2016, 12:18 AM CDT (05:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 1:07 AM CDTHAIL 112 Nnw Pecos, TX

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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

325 
WUUS54 KMAF 090518
SVRMAF
TXC301-389-475-090615-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0003.160409T0518Z-160409T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1218 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LOVING COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1218 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF TOYAH...OR 24 MILES WEST OF PECOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 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...
  PECOS...MENTONE...TOYAH...PECOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND BARSTOW. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 48.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3125 10395 3142 10404 3172 10362 3169 10346
      3140 10337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 234DEG 27KT 3138 10392 

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

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1 follow-up statement
360 
WWUS54 KMAF 090551
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1251 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016

TXC301-389-475-090615-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160409T0615Z/
WARD TX-REEVES TX-LOVING TX-
1251 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WARD...WEST CENTRAL REEVES AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOVING
COUNTIES...

AT 1251 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF PECOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PECOS...MENTONE...TOYAH...PECOS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND BARSTOW. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 48.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3125 10395 3142 10404 3172 10362 3169 10346
      3140 10337
TIME...MOT...LOC 0551Z 237DEG 27KT 3151 10367 

HAIL...1.25IN
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 8, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves64 min
Apr 9, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler65 min
Apr 9, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson38 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.