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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 10, 2006Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 10, 2006, 12:48 AM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 10, 2006, 12:48 AM CDT (05:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2006, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 9, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 Oct 9, 11:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 11:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 4:27 PM CDT, 8 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
427 PM CDT MON OCT 9 2006

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-102130-
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-
427 PM CDT MON OCT 9 2006 /327 PM MDT MON OCT 9 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST AREA THE REST OF
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS
ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.  SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT.
GUSTY TO DAMAGING WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE TRANS
PECOS...AND THE BIG BEND REGION.

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, Oct 9, 8:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
809 PM CDT MON OCT 9 2006

TXZ057-058-074-100145-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
809 PM CDT MON OCT 9 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS AND
SOUTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF THE
COMMUNITY OF KENT AT 808 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR OF SOUTHEASTERN
CULBERSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF KENT...AND FAR
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING.
Special weather statement, Oct 9, 8:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
821 PM CDT MON OCT 9 2006

TXZ058-059-074-100215-
LOVING-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
821 PM CDT MON OCT 9 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR REEVES AND WESTERN LOVING
COUNTIES.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS REEVES COUNTY.
AT 817 PM CDT...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES EAST
OF BALMORHEA...AND ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENTONE. THESE STORMS
ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE
HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE INTERSTATE 10 AND INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDORS IN REEVES COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF BALMORHEA
AND PECOS. THE COMMUNITY OF MENTONE IN LOVING COUNTY WILL ALSO BE
AFFECTED. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND.
Special weather statement, Oct 9, 9:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
900 PM CDT MON OCT 9 2006

TXZ069-070-100300-
UPTON-REAGAN-
900 PM CDT MON OCT 9 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL UPTON AND NORTHERN
REAGAN COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF RANKIN AT 900 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
UP TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

05
Special weather statement, Oct 9, 10:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Oct 10, 12:22 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 10, 12:27 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio55 min
Oct 9, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Ward67 min
Oct 9, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster82 min
Oct 9, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Upton55 min
Oct 9, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane62 min
Oct 9, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton64 min
Oct 9, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster46 min
Oct 9, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.