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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 7, 2008Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2008, 10:14 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 7, 2008, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 1244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 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 080314
SVRMAF
TXC389-080400-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0172.080608T0314Z-080608T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1014 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1011 PM 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 12
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOYAH...OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECOS...MOVING
  EAST JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AT 19 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  SOUTHWEST REEVES COUNTY...INCLUDING FM 2903 NORTH OF BALMORHEA...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.

LAT...LON 3146 10373 3102 10355 3101 10395 3125 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 252DEG 16KT 3116 10388

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 080325
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1025 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

TXC389-080400-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-080608T0400Z/
REEVES TX-
1023 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY...

AT 1020 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 11 MILES SOUTH OF TOYAH...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PECOS...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS OF REEVES COUNTY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THIS STORM WILL CROSS FM 2903 BETWEEN 
TOYAH AND BALMORHEA BY 1045 PM CDT. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID TRAVELING
THIS STRETCH OF ROADWAY UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. LARGE HAIL AND 
STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. FOR YOUR PROTECTION... MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3146 10373 3102 10355 3101 10395 3125 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 252DEG 16KT 3117 10383

$$

05

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 080356
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1056 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

TXC389-080405-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-080608T0400Z/
REEVES TX-
1055 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY WILL 
EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...

AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED... PONDING OF WATER 
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 20 AND 
FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2903. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE 
PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT 
HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

LAT...LON 3146 10373 3102 10355 3101 10395 3125 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 252DEG 16KT 3121 10367

$$

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 Jun 7, 2:48 PM CDT, 7 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 2:48 PM CDT, 7 hours 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
248 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

.UPDATE...
DECIDED TO GO WITH FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DEVELOPING LEE SIDE TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN
NEW MEXICO WILL PROMOTE INCREASING SW WINDS AS THE SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS. AS DRYLINE PUSHES EASTWARD THROUGH
THE DAY...THESE DOWNSLOPING AND DRYING SW WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE AT OR ABOVE 20 MPH RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN
DEWPOINTS. MIN RH/S WILL DIP DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT ALONG WITH
VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 203 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008/

DISCUSSION...
BREEZY SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE CONTINUED WITH INFLUX OF
RELATIVELY DEEP LAYER MOISTURE TO THE AREA. THIS HAS BEEN DEPICTED
BY 12Z SOUNDING WHICH HAD A PWAT VALUE OF 1.32. ALTHOUGH WINDS
BRIEFLY REACHED ADVISORY CRITERIA IN A FEW LOCATIONS...THEY HAVE
COME DOWN SOMEWHAT AS EXPECTED. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
AS A SURFACE LOW OVER SE COLORADO DEEPENS AND PRESSURE GRADIENT
INCREASES. AS LLJ GETS GOING AFTER SUNSET...WINDS WILL REMAIN
ELEVATED THROUGH THE NIGHT. MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE THE
POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWARD
INTO SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. DEVELOPMENT OF CU FIELD IS JUST NOW
BEGINNING AND SHOULD EXPAND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRESSURE FALLS
SHOULD HELP IN THE EASTERLY MOVEMENT OF THE DRYLINE...WHICH IS
CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER SE NM BUT NOT ANTICIPATING A TREMENDOUS
SURGE. THEREFORE...MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG WITH MODEST CAPE
VALUES COULD RESULT IN A FEW STORMS THIS EVENING WHILE OROGRAPHIC
LIFT IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL PROMOTED DEVELOPMENT. STORMS THAT
DO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT NOT
EXPECTING MUCH MORE THAT RIGHT AT SEVERE LIMITS AS INSTABILITY AND
SHEAR ARE FAIRLY MILD AT BEST. SIMILAR SETUP IS EXPECTED AGAIN ON
SUNDAY AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF THE SE UNITED STATES SLOWLY DRIFTS
EASTWARD AND INFLOW OF SFC MOISTURE CONTINUES FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER
DAY.

IN REGARDS TO TEMPERATURES...INCREASED MOISTURE HAS HELPED TO KEEP
TEMPS ONLY A FEW DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
UNTIL POSSIBLY TUES/WED. A FAIRLY BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS EXPECTED
TO TRAVERSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT A MODERATE PACE EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ECMWF AND GFS BRING A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTHERN FRINGE DURING THE
DAY ON MONDAY. WHILE NOT OVERLY CONFIDENT ON A COLD FRONT WITH THAT
MUCH PUSH DURING THE DAY...OUTFLOW FROM MCS PROGGED TO DEVELOP
OVER OK MAKES IT MORE PLAUSIBLE. WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
A SECOND AND MUCH STRONGER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LOOKS TO MOVE JUST
NORTH OF THE AREA MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. INCREASING WEST
WINDS...WARMING TEMPERATURES...AND LOWER RH/S COULD BE SETTING UP
FOR RETURN OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ.

TX...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

&&

77/99

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:07 PM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
307 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-082015-
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-
307 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 /207 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR FAR WEST TEXAS NORTH ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
WILL ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE COMBINATION OF WARM...WINDY...AND DRY CONDITIONS AND VERY HIGH
TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL SUPPORT RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN
EFFECT SUNDAY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AS WARM...
WINDY...AND DRY CONDITIONS INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 7:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
742 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2008

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

0735 PM     HAIL             PINE SPRINGS            31.89N 104.81W
06/07/2008  E0.88 INCH       CULBERSON          TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL AT RANGER STATION IN PINE SPRINGS.

&&

CDANIELS

Local storm report, Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
830 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2008

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

0803 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 N LOVINGTON           33.06N 103.35W
06/07/2008                   LEA                NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THREE POWER POLES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 206.

&&

CDANIELS

Local storm report, Jun 7, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
833 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2008

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

0805 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 SW TATUM              33.23N 103.34W
06/07/2008  M58 MPH          LEA                NM   MESONET

            WIND GUST TO 58 MPH AT THE TEXAS TECH MESONET.

&&

CDANIELS

Local storm report, Jun 7, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
850 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2008

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

0804 PM     TSTM WND GST     TATUM                   33.26N 103.32W
06/07/2008  M65 MPH          LEA                NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            65MPH GUST MEASURED BY OBSERVER IN TATUM.

&&

CDANIELS

Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:23 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
923 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2008

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

0805 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MCDONALD                33.14N 103.32W
06/07/2008                   LEA                NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A 24 FOOT GOOSENECK CATTLE TRAILER BLOWN OVER AND A
            CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION SYSTEM DESTROYED.

&&

CDANIELS

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:27 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
927 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

NMZ033-034-080300-
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-
827 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.

AT 825 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR
HALFWAY...TO WEST OF EUNICE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN.

THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF HALFWAY...INCLUDING
U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180 AND STATE HIGHWAY 176.

SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	53 min
Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves	39 min
Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	29 min
Jun 7, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	60 min
Jun 7, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	39 min
Jun 7, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	46 min
Jun 7, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	35 min
Jun 7, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	41 min
Jun 7, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves, Ward	64 min
Jun 7, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	52 min
Jun 8, 4:59 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF		16 hr
Jun 8, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	55 min
Jun 8, 6:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis	125 days

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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.