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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 380, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2004, 9:35 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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
- Oct 5, 2004, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
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 Oct 5, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 6:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 657 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 .UPDATE... UPDATED TEXT AND GRAPHICS PRODUCTS FORTHCOMING TO REFLECT UPGRADE TO TORNADO WATCH 852. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 70
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 2:45 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:02 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Oct 5, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 643 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-050-057>062-067>069-075-258-060400- ANDREWS TX-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-CRANE TX-ECTOR TX- EDDY COUNTY PLAINS NM-GAINES TX-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TX- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY NM-LOVING TX-MIDLAND TX- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-PECOS TX- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS TX-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM- UPTON TX-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR TX-WARD TX-WINKLER TX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDREWS...ARTESIA...BAKERSFIELD... CARLSBAD...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON...HOBBS...KERMIT...LOVINGTON... MCCAMEY...MENTONE...MIDLAND...MONAHANS...ODESSA...PECOS... PINE SPRINGS...RANKIN...SEMINOLE...SHEFFIELD...TATUM AND VAN HORN 643 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 2004 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM CDT(1000 PM MDT) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS...ANDREWS...CRANE...ECTOR...GAINES...LOVING... MIDLAND...UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER. IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...CULBERSON...JEFF DAVIS...PECOS AND REEVES. IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...EDDY AND LEA. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDREWS...ARTESIA... BAKERSFIELD...CARLSBAD...CRANE...FORT STOCKTON...HOBBS...KERMIT... LOVINGTON...MCCAMEY...MENTONE...MIDLAND...MONAHANS...ODESSA... PECOS...PINE SPRINGS...RANKIN...SEMINOLE...SHEFFIELD...TATUM AND VAN HORN.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Oct 5, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 65 min |
| Oct 5, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 56 min |
| Oct 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 40 min |
| Oct 5, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 67 min |
| Oct 5, 9:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 4 hr |
| Oct 5, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 63 min |
| Oct 5, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 59 min |
| Oct 5, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 58 min |
| Oct 5, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 64 min |
| Oct 5, 10:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 4 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 64 min |
| Oct 5, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 39 min |
| Oct 5, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 55 min |
| Oct 5, 11:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Winkler | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 59 min |
| Oct 6, 12:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 5 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 45 min |
| Oct 6, 1:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 5 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 61 min |
| Oct 5, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 60 min |
| Oct 5, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 61 min |
| Oct 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 60 min |
| Oct 5, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 58 min |
| Oct 5, 8:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 45 min |
| Oct 5, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 59 min |
| Oct 6, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 6 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.