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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2007, 11:16 AM CDT for Crane County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2007, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crane County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 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.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 021619 SVRMAF TXC103-461-021715- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0182.070502T1616Z-070502T1715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1116 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... NORTHERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1215 PM CDT * AT 1113 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TUBBS CORNER...OR 17 MILES WEST OF CRANE. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MIDKIFF. BOTH STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CRANE... MIDKIFF... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3156 10275 3133 10274 3125 10183 3162 10182 $$
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, 8:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 8:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
829 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007
.UPDATE...
UPDATED TO INCLUDE MENTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 208 FOR
MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE
PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS...AND LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO. UPDATED TEXT PRODUCTS ARE OUT...GRAPHICS TO FOLLOW SHORTLY.
&&
.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 7 AM 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 8 AM 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.
&&
01/49Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 8:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 819 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-031330- 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- 819 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 /719 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... SPOTTERS ARE ON THEIR WAY INTO THE OFFICE TO MAN THE AMATEUR RADIOS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED IMMEDIATELY. 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, 5:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 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, 4 hours 49 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, 4 hours 22 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.
Local storm report, May 2, 8:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
839 AM CDT WED MAY 02 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 AM HAIL 17 NE KERMIT 32.03N 102.89W
05/02/2007 E0.88 INCH WINKLER TX TRAINED SPOTTER
STRIPPED LEAVES OFF TREES
0825 AM HAIL MENTONE 31.71N 103.60W
05/02/2007 E0.88 INCH LOVING TX PUBLIC
&&
74Special weather statement, May 2, 9:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 945 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXZ058-067-021545- WARD-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 945 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL REEVES AND WARD COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF WICKETT TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PYOTE AT 945 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS INCLUDING REEVES AND WARD COUNTIES. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION. 13
Special weather statement, May 2, 10:54 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1054 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXZ051-021700- MARTIN- 1054 AM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR MARTIN COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF COURTNEY AT 1054 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM IS GOING UP AND DOWN IN INTENSITY AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
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, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 61 min |
| 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, 11:25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.