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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 465, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 13, 2007Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2007, 1:31 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2007, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2007, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 12:00Z on 2007-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1500 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 12:00Z on 2007-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1500 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 13, 3:55 AM CDT, 9 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:55 AM CDT, 9 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:55 AM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
455 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-132000-
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-
455 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 /355 AM MDT FRI JUL 13 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG A COLD FRONT ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH A VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
AND LOCALIZED FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...PRODUCING STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. A STORM OR TWO MAY ALSO PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LOCAL INTERESTS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

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

Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1033 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007

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

0625 PM     TSTM WND GST     ROYALTY                 31.37N 102.87W
07/12/2007  E69 MPH          WARD               TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GRANDFALLS              31.34N 102.85W
07/12/2007                   WARD               TX   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ROOF BLOWN OFF BARN AND TREES DOWNED

0640 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 N TUBBS CORNER        31.50N 102.60W
07/12/2007  E60 MPH          CRANE              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

0734 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N PLEASANT FARMS      31.72N 102.34W
07/12/2007                   ECTOR              TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            DOWN POWER LINES DUE TO TSTM WIND GUSTS

&&

RFAGEN
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:02 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
102 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007

TXZ075-081-131900-
PECOS-BIG BEND AREA-
102 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS
COUNTY AT 102 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. MOTORISTS ON U S
HIGHWAY 90 AROUND 20 MILES EAST OF MARATHON SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS.  LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland54 min
Jul 13, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis56 min
Jul 13, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines57 min
Jul 13, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis55 min
Jul 13, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector65 min
Jul 13, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
Jul 13, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Upton60 min
Jul 13, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard58 min
Jul 13, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan65 min
Jul 13, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves60 min
Jul 13, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton32 min
Jul 13, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ward54 min
Jul 13, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea67 min
Jul 13, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea55 min

Nearby

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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.