Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1999, 11:03 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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 26, 1999, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1999, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pecos County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Bakersfield, TX | Spotted by a trucker near I-10. Radar confirmed circulation in this vicinity. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 2444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1347 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
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 26, 9:03 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 9:03 PM CDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX 903 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 AFTER A RESPITE YESTERDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE CONVECTION IS UNDERWAY FOR THIS PORTION OF W-TEXAS AND SE-NEW MEXICO. THUS FAR THIS EVENING...HAVE HAD REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL FROM A LEFT MOVING STORM OVER ODESSA...LARGE HAIL FROM A TORNADIC RIGHT MOVER NEARING MONAHANS. ALSO HAVE OTHER REPORTS FROM EARLIER STORMS OVER SE/NM. WW 324 SEVERE BOX FOR NEW MEXICO HAS EXPIRED AT 02Z...WITH CALMER WX EXPECTED FOR THOSE PARTS. TIMING ON BOXES FOR CURRENT TX BOXES LOOKS OK. 01Z SURFACE MAP INDICATED A NORTH/SOUTH TROF ALONG EASTERN NM TO THE WEST OF FST. A PREVAILING NELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SE NM. NOT ENUF TIME FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WILL REVIEW ALL FORECASTS AND WILL SEND UPDATES AS NEEDED. RSB
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 11:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1100 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
445 PM 5 SW LAKEWOOD NM 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 EDDY
508 PM LOCO HILLS NM 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 EDDY
713 PM ODESSA TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 ECTOR
744 PM 7 NW MENTONE TX TORNADO
05/26/99 LOVING SPOTTER REPORTED TOUCHDOWN
810 PM 8 NW MIDLAND TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 MIDLAND
910 PM PYOTE TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 WARD
945 PM 1 N GRANDFALLS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 WARDLocal storm report, May 26, 11:00 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1100 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
445 PM 5 SW LAKEWOOD NM 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 EDDY
508 PM LOCO HILLS NM 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 EDDY
713 PM ODESSA TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 ECTOR
744 PM 7 NW MENTONE TX TORNADO
05/26/99 LOVING SPOTTER REPORTED TOUCHDOWN
810 PM 8 NW MIDLAND TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 MIDLAND
910 PM PYOTE TX 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 WARD
945 PM 1 N GRANDFALLS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/99 WARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 26 min |
| May 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 35 min |
| May 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 49 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 49 min |
| May 26, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Midland | 59 min |
| May 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Ward, Winkler | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 41 min |
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 33 min |
| May 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Midland | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 51 min |
| May 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 43 min |
| May 26, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 2 hr |
| May 26, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 34 min |
| May 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 30 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 31 min |
| May 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 39 min |
| May 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 45 min |
| May 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 30 min |
| May 27, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 117 min |
| May 27, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 57 min |
| May 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 40 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.