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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2016, 3:21 AM CDT for Howard County, Mitchell County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
- May 9, 2016, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 3370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
987
WUUS54 KMAF 090821
SVRMAF
TXC227-335-415-090900-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0039.160509T0821Z-160509T0900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
321 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
SOUTHERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 320 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAND
SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 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...
BIG SPRING...SNYDER...COLORADO CITY...CHINA GROVE...COAHOMA...VALLEY
VIEW...WESTBROOK...CUTHBERT...DUNN...HERMLEIGH...WINSTON FIELD...COLORADO
CITY AIRPORT...IRA...LAKE J B THOMAS...MIDWAY IN HOWARD COUNTY...SAND
SPRINGS...INADALE...MIDWAY IN SCURRY COUNTY...VINCENT AND BUFORD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 203...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 213...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 216.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3248 10066 3222 10143 3239 10154 3253 10128
3252 10118 3259 10117 3286 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 240DEG 49KT 3236 10140
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
332 follow-up statements
490
WWUS54 KMAF 090843
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
343 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
TXC227-335-415-090900-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160509T0900Z/
HOWARD TX-SCURRY TX-MITCHELL TX-
343 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HOWARD...SOUTHERN SCURRY AND NORTHERN MITCHELL
COUNTIES...
AT 343 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CUTHBERT...OR
14 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIG SPRING...SNYDER...COLORADO CITY...CHINA GROVE...COAHOMA...VALLEY VIEW...
WESTBROOK...CUTHBERT...DUNN...HERMLEIGH...WINSTON FIELD...COLORADO CITY
AIRPORT...IRA...LAKE J B THOMAS...MIDWAY IN HOWARD COUNTY...SAND SPRINGS...
INADALE...MIDWAY IN SCURRY COUNTY...VINCENT AND BUFORD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 203...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 213...AND NEAR MILE MARKER 216.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3248 10066 3222 10143 3239 10154 3253 10128
3252 10118 3259 10117 3286 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 240DEG 49KT 3252 10108
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
33004
WWUS54 KMAF 090857
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
357 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
TXC227-335-415-090907-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160509T0900Z/
HOWARD TX-SCURRY TX-MITCHELL TX-
357 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HOWARD...SOUTHERN
SCURRY AND NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MIDLAND .
LAT...LON 3248 10066 3222 10143 3239 10154 3253 10128
3252 10118 3259 10117 3286 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0854Z 240DEG 49KT 3252 10108
$$
33The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 42 min |
| May 8, 8:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 113 min |
| May 9, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 38 min |
| May 9, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 41 min |
| May 9, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 45 min |
| May 9, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 38 min |
| May 9, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 53 min |
| May 9, 3:57 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Gaines, Loving, Ward, Winkler | 18 hr |
| May 9, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 25 min |
| May 9, 12:30 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 10 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.