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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 16, 20164 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 54 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 16, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Borden County, TX, Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

996 
WUUS54 KMAF 162321
SVRMAF
TXC033-227-335-415-170015-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0009.160416T2321Z-160417T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
621 PM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 620 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VINCENT...OR
  21 MILES WEST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CUTHBERT...KNAPP...J B THOMAS RESERVOIR...IRA...LAKE J B THOMAS...
  VINCENT...RANDALLS CORNER...ARAH AND WINSTON FIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR WESTERN
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3250 10086 3238 10123 3253 10134 3277 10118
      3271 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 240DEG 49KT 3250 10120 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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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 16, 3:15 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF		16 hr
Apr 16, 3:30 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF		18 hr
Apr 16, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	38 min
Apr 16, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	56 min
Apr 16, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	30 min
Apr 16, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Midland	51 min
Apr 16, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard	44 min
Apr 16, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell	50 min
Apr 16, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	47 min
Apr 16, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	27 min
Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	34 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.