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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 18, 2008Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2008, 1:47 AM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2008, 1:47 AM CDT (06:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2008, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 18, 2:40 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rankin, TX	TREES REPORTED UPROOTED AND A LARGE TREE SNAPPED AT THE BASE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 53 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 17, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 180647
SVRMAF
TXC461-180745-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0210.080618T0647Z-080618T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
147 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 23
  MILES NORTHWEST OF RANKIN...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRANE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  RURAL PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY...
  RANKIN...

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.

DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... THE BEST PROTECTION CAN BE FOUND IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3165 10191 3118 10185 3128 10231 3166 10229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 328DEG 18KT 3147 10216

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 180721
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
221 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

TXC461-180745-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-080618T0745Z/
UPTON TX-
221 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL UPTON COUNTY...

AT 219 AM 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 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF RANKIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...RANKIN.

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 500 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3118 10185 3128 10231 3141 10230 3141 10229
      3144 10230 3147 10229 3150 10230 3153 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 328DEG 18KT 3132 10205

$$

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 18, 12:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1227 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

.AVIATION...
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AT MAF.  HAVE ISSUED
AIRPORT WARNING FOR HIGH WIND AHEAD OF THE STORMS.  SHOULD HAVE A
NORTH WIND AFTER THE WIND PASSES.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 714 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008/

AVIATION...
GENERALLY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. ISOLATED EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
NEAR KCNM AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN EDDY COUNTY. WILL
ALSO MONITOR FOR A COMPLEX OF THUNDESTORMS CURRENTLY BECOMING
ORGANIZED ACROSS NORTHEAST NM/WESTERN TX PANHANDLE TO MOVE
SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN LATE THIS EVENING. THE
CHANCE FOR TSRA TO IMPACT KHOB AND KMAF STILL APPEARS TOO LOW TO
INCLUDE AS A TEMPO GROUP...AS MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS CURRENTLY
EXPECTED TO REMAIN EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THESE TERMINALS.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 318 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008/

DISCUSSION...
AFTERNOON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW A COLD FRONT IS PUSHING INTO
THE PERMIAN BASIN. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND AN INCREASE IN
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT.
THIS FRONT MAY ALSO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON AND
EVENING CONVECTION. WE HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE
PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS FOR LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ATTENTION IN THE SHORT TERM CONTINUES TO BE
FOCUSED ON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT. THE SHORT
RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE MCS ACTIVITY ACROSS THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING.
GIVEN GOOD MODEL CONSISTENCY...WE HAVE INCREASED RAIN CHANCES FOR
THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING. WE HAVE ALSO
MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST...WITH HIGH WINDS AND HAIL THE MAIN CONCERNS. A SIMILAR
SETUP IS ANTICIPATED FOR WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY...WITH
AFTERNOON CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS
REGION. WE WILL ALSO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER MCS
AFFECTING THE REGION...MAINLY ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN
LOW ROLLING PLAINS DURING THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING
HOURS. THE UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. CONVECTION SHOULD
REMAIN FAVORED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...WITH POSSIBLE MCS ACTIVITY
AFFECTING THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND NORTHERN PERMIAN
BASIN. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD ARE STILL EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...BUT SOME SLIGHT COOLING FORECAST AT 850MB
WARRANTS A SLIGHT DECREASE IN HIGH TEMPERATURES.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TO 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CRANE...ECTOR...GLASSCOCK...
     MIDLAND...REAGAN...UPTON...WARD...WINKLER.

&&

99

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 10:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1018 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-190330-
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-
1018 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008 /918 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN
AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS. VERY LARGE HAIL...
STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH
OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE PERMIAN BASIN THURSDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LIMITED EM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

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

HENNIG

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1122 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

TXZ074-080-180445-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-
1122 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY.

A DECAYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS
AT 1122 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE
GUSTY WIND OVER 50 MPH.

Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1132 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

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

1130 PM     HAIL             2 N SEMINOLE            32.75N 102.65W
06/17/2008  E4.25 INCH       GAINES             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 MILES NORTH OF SEMINOLE ON ROAD 214

&&

DHENNIG

Local storm report, Jun 17, 11:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1143 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2008

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

1136 PM     HAIL             SNYDER                  32.71N 100.92W
06/17/2008  E0.75 INCH       SCURRY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

DHENNIG

Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:18 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
118 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

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

0100 AM     TSTM WND DMG     GARDEN CITY             31.87N 101.48W
06/17/2008                   GLASSCOCK          TX   PUBLIC

            FENCE BLOWN DOWN, POWER OUT IN CITY

&&

DHENNIG

Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:22 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
122 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

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

0121 AM     HAIL             3 W ODESSA              31.85N 102.42W
06/17/2008  E1.75 INCH       ECTOR              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            IN WEST ODESSA

&&

DHENNIG

Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:42 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
142 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

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

1233 AM     HAIL             2 W ANDREWS             32.32N 102.58W
06/17/2008  E1.00 INCH       ANDREWS            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

DHENNIG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	52 min
Jun 17, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	54 min
Jun 17, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	62 min
Jun 17, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	55 min
Jun 17, 11:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Loving, Reeves, Scurry	118 days
Jun 17, 11:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	54 min
Jun 17, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	50 min
Jun 17, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	31 min
Jun 17, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	61 min
Jun 18, 12:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	67 min
Jun 18, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin	62 min
Jun 18, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	46 min
Jun 18, 12:23 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 18, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	48 min
Jun 18, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	39 min
Jun 18, 1:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	118 days
Jun 18, 1:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector	61 min
Jun 18, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Upton	32 min
Jun 18, 8:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	7 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.