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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 2008Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 7:20 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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 25, 2008, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2008, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Brewster County, TX

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 25, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 260020
SVRMAF
TXC043-260115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0112.080526T0020Z-080526T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
720 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 718 PM 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 OVER
  CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARATHON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...
  NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 90...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT 
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3033 10298 3000 10252 2983 10316 3013 10328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 244DEG 27KT 3013 10313

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 260113
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
813 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2008

TXC043-260115-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-080526T0115Z/
BREWSTER TX-
813 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...

AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND 
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 55 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL 
BREWSTER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CENTRAL
BREWSTER COUNTY.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT 
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3033 10298 3000 10252 2983 10316 3013 10328
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 245DEG 13KT 3009 10290

$$

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 25, 3:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
358 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

.UPDATE...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE DRYLINE
FROM NEAR HALFWAY IN LEA COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO PRESIDIO...THE PECOS
AWOS /KPEQ/ REPORTED GUSTS TO 50KT AND LARGE HAIL REPORTED JUST
NORTHWEST OF PECOS OVER THE PAST HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LAMESA TO MIDLAND TO
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM
THREAT THIS EVENING IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER A
BRIEF TORNADO MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 255 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008/

DISCUSSION...
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST EACH DAY AND EVENING
THROUGH AT LEAST MID WEEK AS A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A
SURFACE DRYLINE WILL BE COLLOCATED. THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL
EXIST BETWEEN A RETROGRADING WEST COAST LOW AND A WESTWARD BUILDING
RIDGE ACROSS THE LOWER GULF COAST. VERY INTENSE AFTERNOON HEATING
ALONG THE DRYLINE COMBINED WITH MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK SHORTWAVES
IN THE UPPER FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE TO GENERATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO.
STORMS THROUGH TUESDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME
SEVERE GIVEN FORECAST 0-6 KILOMETER SHEAR VALUES OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS
AND SURFACE CAPE VALUES OF 1000-2000 J/KG.

A NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN CANADA AND THE GREAT LAKES
REGION WILL SEND A COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD LATE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
WENT WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY DUE TO INSTABILITY ALONG THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENT FRONT.
THE FRONT SHOULD KNOCK BACK TEMPERATURES TOWARDS MORE NORMAL VALUES
ON WEDNESDAY. BY NEXT THURSDAY A FLAT RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BE IN
PLACE ACROSS MEXICO. MODEL OUTPUT IS MAINLY DRY BUT THINK CONVECTION
NOT OUT OF QUESTION ACROSS PARTICULARLY THE OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS IN VERY INTENSE AFTERNOON
HEATING. LATER FORECASTS WILL NEED  TO MONITOR.

FIRE WEATHER...
WENT AHEAD AND HOISTED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR TOMORROW. DRYLINE
SHARPENS UP QUITE A BIT AND MOVES EAST OUT OF NEW MEXICO TOMORROW
AFTERNOON BRINGING VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ONCE AGAIN. THE BIG QUESTION
IS HOW STRONG THE WINDS WILL BE. THEY WILL BE MARGINAL AND WILL
PROBABLY HAVE DIFFICULTY REACHING THE 3 HOUR REQUIREMENT...HOWEVER
IT IS TOO DRY OUT THERE TO RISK THESE MARGINAL CASES AND FEEL IT
DESERVES A WATCH. MID SHIFT CAN LOOK AT THIS AREA ONCE AGAIN AND SEE
IF IT NEEDS AN UPGRADE TO A WARNING. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE
THE STRONGEST WINDS.

ELSEWHERE WINDS WILL BE GUSTY EAST OF THE DRYLINE...BUT ABUNDANT
MOISTURE WILL KEEP THE MIN RH IN THE 20S AND 30S. EXPECT VERY GOOD
TO EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT MOISTURE RECOVERY ALL AREAS WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS WHERE POOR
TO DECENT MOISTURE RECOVERY IS EXPECTED.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...
     SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.

TX...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

&&

99/99

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 2:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
250 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-262000-
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-
250 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 /150 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS
MOST OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE GREATEST
CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE ALONG AN ALPINE TO SEMINOLE LINE WITH
LOWER CHANCES ELSEWHERE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE GREATEST THREATS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WITH FLASH FLOODING MORE OF A
CONCERN FOR THOSE AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF HOBBS...KERMIT...TO FORT STOCKTON
LINE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND THE PRIMARY THREATS.

IN ADDITION...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS
IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO COULD CREATE DANGER FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY
AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY
ALONG AND EAST OF A LOVINGTON...KENT...TO ALPINE LINE.

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 25, 4:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
448 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

TXZ074-252215-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
448 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY.

AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
DAVIS NEAR THE STATE PARK...AT 448 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

Local storm report, May 25, 4:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
452 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

0315 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N PECOS               31.47N 103.50W
05/25/2008                   REEVES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF BROKEN POWER POLE AND DOWNED POWER LINES.

&&

CDANIELS

Local storm report, May 25, 4:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
453 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BARSTOW                 31.46N 103.39W
05/25/2008                   WARD               TX   PUBLIC

            REPORT OF A ROOF BLOWN OFF A STORAGE BUILDING.

&&

CDANIELS

Local storm report, May 25, 5:20 PM CDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
520 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

0518 PM     HAIL             TATUM                   33.26N 103.32W
05/25/2008  E1.00 INCH       LEA                NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CDANIELS

Local storm report, May 25, 5:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
522 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

0518 PM     TSTM WND GST     TATUM                   33.26N 103.32W
05/25/2008  M58 MPH          LEA                NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CDANIELS

Local storm report, May 25, 7:07 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
707 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

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

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     26 NW FORT STOCKTON     31.16N 103.20W
05/25/2008                   PECOS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWN AND CAMPER TRAILER DESTROYED IN
            COYANOSA.

&&

CDANIELS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Reagan, Reeves, Ward	133 days
May 25, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Upton, Ward	61 min
May 25, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	57 min
May 26, 5:19 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF		16 hr
May 26, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	57 min
May 26, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	62 min
May 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	60 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	32 min
May 26, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	61 min
May 26, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	46 min
May 26, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	44 min
May 26, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	29 min
May 26, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	30 min
May 26, 6:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	4 hr
May 26, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	58 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.