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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 19, 2008Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2008, 7:17 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 335 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-358 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 19, 6:23 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:23 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 1:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
144 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-201030-
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-
144 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008 /1244 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN
ALONG WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO START
WILDFIRES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A
VAN HORN TO BIG LAKE LINE.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND OR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS
EVENING.

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

Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
443 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0433 PM     HAIL             6 N FORT STOCKTON       30.98N 102.89W
06/19/2008  E0.88 INCH       PECOS              TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            BETWEEN FM 1053 AND HIGHWAY 18

&&

DHENNIG
Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
447 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0444 PM     HAIL             1 S FORT STOCKTON       30.88N 102.89W
06/19/2008  E1.75 INCH       PECOS              TX   PUBLIC

&&

DHENNIG
Local storm report, Jun 19, 4:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
457 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0455 PM     HAIL             FORT STOCKTON           30.89N 102.89W
06/19/2008  E0.88 INCH       PECOS              TX   PUBLIC

&&

JGUDMEST
Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
510 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

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

0459 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW FORT STOCKTON      30.91N 102.91W
06/19/2008  M68 MPH          PECOS              TX   MESONET

&&

DHENNIG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:31 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
531 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

TXZ075-192300-
PECOS-
531 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT
STOCKTON AT 531 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE.  IN ADDITION TO THE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 6:11 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
611 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

TXZ075-192345-
PECOS-
611 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY AT 611 PM
CDT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 5:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Scurry117 days
Jun 19, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry35 min
Jun 19, 6:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry26 min
Jun 19, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster66 min
Jun 19, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos55 min
Jun 19, 5:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.