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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 478, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 4, 2025Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2025, 7:44 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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
Aug 4, 2025, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2025, 8:12 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Andrews County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 337 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1898 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
1898 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell41 min
Aug 4, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews39 min
Aug 4, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell49 min
Aug 4, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell52 min
Aug 4, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos13 min
Aug 5, 12:43 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves20 hr
Aug 5, 12:06 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves33 hr
Aug 5, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio32 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.