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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 4, 2006Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2006, 1:40 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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: May 4, 2006, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2006, 2:09 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 3, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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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 3, 10:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 10:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1054 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

.UPDATE...
WILL SEND AN UPDATE TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER
287.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

99/99

Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 2:36 PM CDT, 11 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
236 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-041945-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
236 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006 /136 PM MDT WED MAY 3 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING... AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOMING SEVERE. WHILE
A FEW STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LOVINGTON TO ALPINE... SEVERE
WEATHER IS PRIMARILY EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND
WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
THE PRIMARY CONCERNS... HOWEVER A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING
PRIMARILY ALONG AND EAST OF A SEMINOLE TO FORT STOCKTON LINE.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS GROUPS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 9:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
911 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

TXZ048-040315-
SCURRY-
911 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHERN SCURRY COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF THE SCURRY COUNTY LINE WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG NORTH WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF SCURRY COUNTY THROUGH 1015 PM CDT.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN SCURRY COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMUNITIES OF
FLUVANNA...DERMOTT...AND HUDD SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL WIND
GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.  THESE WIND GUSTS WILL PRODUCE LOW VISIBILITIES
DUE WITH BLOWING DUST.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KENT COUNTY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD
TOWARDS THE NORTHERN SCURRY COUNTY LINE.  THIS WILL FURTHER INCREASE
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHERN SCURRY COUNTY
THROUGH 1015 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GAINES...DAWSON...
BORDEN...AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND
REMAIN ALERT IF WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA.

Local storm report, May 3, 11:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1103 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1054 PM     HAIL             4 W SNYDER              32.71N 100.98W
05/03/2006  E0.75 INCH       SCURRY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

1010 PM     HAIL             FLUVANNA                32.89N 101.15W
05/03/2006  E1.75 INCH       SCURRY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

1102 PM     HAIL             SNYDER                  32.71N 100.92W
05/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       SCURRY             TX   PUBLIC

&&

RGOULD

Local storm report, May 3, 11:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1136 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1105 PM     HAIL             LAMESA                  32.73N 101.96W
05/03/2006  E0.75 INCH       DAWSON             TX   PUBLIC

1102 PM     HAIL             SNYDER                  32.71N 100.92W
05/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       SCURRY             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

1127 PM     HAIL             1 W HERMLEIGH           32.64N 100.78W
05/03/2006  E1.75 INCH       SCURRY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON THE WEST EDGE OF HERMLEIGH
            NEAR HIGHWAY 84.

1130 PM     HAIL             GAIL                    32.77N 101.45W
05/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       BORDEN             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

RGOULD

Local storm report, May 4, 1:11 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
111 AM CDT THU MAY 04 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 PM     HAIL             12 N SNYDER             32.89N 100.92W
05/03/2006  E1.75 INCH       SCURRY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 84.

&&

RGOULD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	65 min
May 3, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	46 min
May 3, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Scurry	54 min
May 3, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	63 min
May 3, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	61 min
May 3, 10:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Scurry	63 min
May 3, 11:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Scurry	3 hr
May 3, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	55 min
May 3, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	64 min
May 3, 11:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Borden	3 hr
May 4, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	55 min
May 4, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	64 min
May 4, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	51 min
May 4, 1:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.