Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 7:29 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 61 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, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX
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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- -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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMAF 260029
SVRMAF
TXC103-371-389-461-475-260130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0113.080526T0029Z-080526T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
729 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
WESTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
IMPERIAL...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF MONAHANS...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IMPERIAL...
TUBBS CORNER...
CORDONA LAKE...
CRANE...
THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND
197. THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0
AND 90.
DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... THE BEST PROTECTION CAN BE FOUND IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3164 10206 3110 10203 3109 10239 3100 10317
3165 10298
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 253DEG 26KT 3126 10273
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMAF 260044
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
744 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2008
TXC103-371-389-461-475-260130-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080526T0130Z/
WARD TX-CRANE TX-PECOS TX-UPTON TX-REEVES TX-
744 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL REEVES...WESTERN UPTON...NORTH CENTRAL
PECOS...CRANE AND SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTIES...
AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF
FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...IMPERIAL
AND CORDONA LAKE.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3110 10204 3109 10239 3100 10317 3145 10304
3164 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 270DEG 15KT 3118 10274
$$000
WWUS54 KMAF 260111
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
811 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2008
TXC389-461-475-260121-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080526T0130Z/
WARD TX-UPTON TX-REEVES TX-
811 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL REEVES...
WESTERN UPTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3109 10232 3109 10239 3104 10292 3121 10291
3129 10276 3138 10277 3152 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 270DEG 15KT 3118 10261
$$
TXC103-371-260130-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-080526T0130Z/
CRANE TX-PECOS TX-
811 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHERN CRANE COUNTIES...
AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF IMPERIAL...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRANE...
MOVING EAST AT 17 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CORDONA
LAKE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
MONDAY MORNING SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3109 10232 3109 10239 3104 10292 3121 10291
3129 10276 3138 10277 3152 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 270DEG 15KT 3118 10261
$$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, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 55 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.