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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2007, 7:14 AM CDT for Loving County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2007, 7:14 AM CDT (12:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Loving County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:28 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Kermit, TX | SHERIFFS OFFICE AT KERMIT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMAF 021214 SVRMAF TXC301-495-021315- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0169.070502T1214Z-070502T1315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 714 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN LOVING COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 815 AM CDT * AT 710 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 26 MILES WEST OF KERMIT...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF MENTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NORTHERN LOVING COUNTY... HWY 302 WEST OF KERMIT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3200 10358 3185 10357 3172 10305 3200 10313 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 021236 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 734 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC301-495-021315- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0169.000000T0000Z-070502T1315Z/ WINKLER TX-LOVING TX- 734 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN LOVING AND CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTIES... AT 727 AM CDT...NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF KERMIT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KERMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... KERMIT AND THE WINKLER COUNTY SANDHILLS. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3200 10358 3185 10357 3171 10288 3200 10292 $$
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 2, 3:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 3:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
353 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
.SHORT TERM...
YET ANOTHER SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER LOW TO AFFECT THE FORECAST AREA
TODAY AND TONIGHT. MOISTURE APPEARS NOT TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS
SYSTEM DESPITE A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE IN OKLAHOMA. DEWPOINTS ARE
APPROACHING 60 F AS FAR WEST AS THE NEW MEXICO BORDER AHEAD OF
THE NEXT UPPER LOW IN ARIZONA. STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE
AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE PATH OF THE LOW WILL INTERACT WITH
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH
AND SHOULD RESULT IN ISOLATED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST POPS WERE DRAWN ALONG THE PATH OF THE UPPER
LOW ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS EAST TO THE PERMIAN
BASIN COLLOCATED WITH THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR ALONG AND EAST OF THE
INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH IN THE PERMIAN BASIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
REASONABLE GIVEN THE THE COMBINATION OF THE UNSTABLE AIR AND WIND
SHEAR PROGGED FOR MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
HAVE ALSO ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS TO THE PERMIAN BASIN DUE TO AFOREMENTIONED FACTORS.
.LONG TERM...
LOOKS LIKE A BREATHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LOW DEPARTS
AND THE NEXT PACIFIC LOW SLOWLY EVOLVES ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL VALUES DURING THE DAYS
AS LOW LEVEL THERMAL AND THICKNESS RIDGING TAKE PLACE ALONG
A SURFACE DRYLINE. THE LOW SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH WEST DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD FOR THE CAP TO HOLD.
BY THIS WEEKEND THROUGH MONDAY THE NEXT SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER LOW
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND ONLY DRIFT SLOWLY EAST WITH LACK
OF UPSTREAM KICKER. WITH SYSTEM CLOSER AND DEEPENING LARGE SCALE
ASCENT WILL INCREASE AND PROBABLY BREAK THE CAP ALONG THE DRYLINE
WITH THE UPPER LOW PROGGED TO BE NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
OR GREAT BASIN VICINITY. WILL MENTION THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
STORMS THIS WEEKEND IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. NO CHANGES
WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THIS FAR OUT.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 78 57 85 63 / 60 70 10 10
CARLSBAD NM 81 54 86 60 / 40 20 0 0
DRYDEN TX 88 64 85 65 / 30 20 10 0
FORT STOCKTON TX 84 59 87 65 / 40 30 10 0
GUADALUPE PASS TX 79 51 82 56 / 30 10 0 0
HOBBS NM 79 56 86 62 / 80 50 10 0
MARFA TX 79 48 80 48 / 20 10 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 80 57 84 62 / 90 70 10 0
ODESSA TX 81 58 84 64 / 90 70 10 0
WINK TX 88 58 90 62 / 60 50 10 0
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 3 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY
COUNTY PLAINS...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 1 AM CDT
THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDREWS...BORDEN...
CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...
LOVING...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL...REAGAN...SCURRY...
UPTON...WARD...WINKLER.
&&
67/12Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 3:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 344 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-030845- 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- 344 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 /244 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN...AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND NEARLY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS... WILL RESULT IN A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A HOBBS... KERMIT...FORT STOCKTON...AND SANDERSON LINE STAND THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SEEING SEVERE STORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...BUT MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LAMESA...MIDLAND...AND RANKIN LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM ON SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGAIN BECOME A THREAT AS THIS STORM SYSTEM PASSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON. 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 2, 2:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 250 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 NMZ027-028-020845- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 150 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR WESTERN EDDY COUNTY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTH OF QUEEN...TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOPE AT 150 AM MDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...AS WELL AS GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 501 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 NMZ027-028-021100- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 401 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN OPEN COUNTRY OF SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY...3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUEEN AT 401 AM MDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 533 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXZ058-059-021100- LOVING-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 533 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON... NORTHWESTERN LOVING AND NORTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED BLUFF LAKE AT 533 AM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. HIGHWAY 285 IN EXTREME NORTHERN REEVES COUNTY WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
Special weather statement, May 2, 6:27 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 627 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXZ059-060-021230- WINKLER-LOVING- 627 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EASTERN LOVING AND WEST CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTIES. THREE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN OPEN COUNTRY JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 302 IN LOVING AND WESTERN WINKLER COUNTIES AT 627 AM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, May 2, 6:54 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 654 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXZ060-021230- WINKLER- 654 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHWEST WINKLER COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KERMIT IN OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHWEST WINKLER COUNTY AT 654 AM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more | 17 hr |
| May 2, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 61 min |
| May 2, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 65 min |
| May 2, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 67 min |
| May 2, 8:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Winkler | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 2, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 65 min |
| May 2, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 65 min |
| May 2, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 65 min |
| May 2, 10:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 4 hr |
| May 2, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 67 min |
| May 2, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 53 min |
| May 2, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 65 min |
| May 2, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 60 min |
| May 2, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 62 min |
| May 2, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 59 min |
| May 2, 11:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 5 hr |
| May 2, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 53 min |
| May 2, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 63 min |
| May 2, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 42 min |
| May 2, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 2, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
| May 2, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| May 2, 12:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| May 2, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 40 min |
| May 2, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 67 min |
| May 2, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 33 min |
| May 2, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 54 min |
| May 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 54 min |
| May 2, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 44 min |
| May 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Culberson | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 29 min |
| May 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Culberson | 43 min |
| May 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 63 min |
| May 2, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.