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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 208

May 2, 2007Lea County, New Mexico; 26 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 2, 2007, 7:02 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2007, 7:02 AM MDT (13:02 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2007, 12:53 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt
All 27 counties

Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:06 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.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
10%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
60%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

30 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Winkler65 min
May 2, 7:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor67 min
May 2, 7:48 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFWinkler3 hr
May 2, 7:53 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
May 2, 8:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler65 min
May 2, 8:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor65 min
May 2, 8:40 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland65 min
May 2, 9:06 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland4 hr
May 2, 9:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor67 min
May 2, 9:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos53 min
May 2, 9:40 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland65 min
May 2, 9:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard60 min
May 2, 9:58 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock62 min
May 2, 10:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Upton59 min
May 2, 10:25 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward5 hr
May 2, 10:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan53 min
May 2, 10:53 AM MDTTornado WarningSJTIrion, Sterling, Tom Green67 min
May 2, 10:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Mitchell63 min
May 2, 11:02 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock42 min
May 2, 11:07 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
May 2, 11:07 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson4 hr
May 2, 11:11 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock3 hr
May 2, 11:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos59 min
May 2, 11:24 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReagan3 hr
May 2, 11:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan40 min
May 2, 11:49 AM MDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Sterling, Tom Green56 min
May 2, 11:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTCrockett, Irion, Schleicher, Tom Green66 min
May 2, 12:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell67 min
May 2, 12:27 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Terrell33 min
May 2, 12:42 PM MDTTornado WarningSJTCoke, Runnels, Tom Green48 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 2:48 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Lea3 hr
May 2, 6:19 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEddy, Lea2 hr
May 2, 11:07 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCatron, Chaves, Doña Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Luna and 5 more113 min
May 2, 12:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero and 1 more7 hr
May 2, 5:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero and 1 more85 min
May 1, 6:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 29 more97 min
May 2, 6:40 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrane, Crockett, Ector, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 7 more2 hr
May 2, 9:11 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crane, Crockett, Glasscock, Howard, Irion and 7 more94 min
May 2, 11:39 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 29 more66 min
May 2, 11:50 AM MDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 31 more6 hr
May 2, 1:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath and 16 more2 hr
May 2, 2:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Uvalde, Val Verde and 1 more97 min
May 2, 2:43 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 33 more6 hr
May 2, 4:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burleson and 20 more67 min
May 2, 4:53 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more7 hr
May 2, 5:52 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBrewster, Crockett, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Terrell3 hr
May 2, 5:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burnet, Camp and 54 more81 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.