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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 27, 2023Reagan County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 2023, 6:13 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2023, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Reagan County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1697 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1697 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis27 min
Sep 26, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson46 min
Sep 26, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving42 min
Sep 27, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson36 min
Sep 27, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan31 min
Sep 27, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan39 min
Sep 27, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrockett44 min
Sep 27, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson34 min
Sep 26, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea44 min
Sep 26, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAFLea65 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.