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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 6, 1996Brewster County, Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT for Brewster County, Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 1996, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Brewster County, TX, Presidio County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Alpine, TX
May 6, 9:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Presidio, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 6, 2:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:38 PM CDT, 6 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 3:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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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
May 6, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	31 min
May 6, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.