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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 24, 2008Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2008, 10:37 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 24, 2008, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2008, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Andrews County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 337 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 443 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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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 24, 6:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
644 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008

.AVIATION...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SE NEW MEXICO ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. EXCEPT FOR
CNM...ALL OTHER TAF SITES SHOULD REMAIN RAIN FREE. ONGOING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO MAY DEVELOP INTO A LARGE
CLUSTER/LINE OF STORMS AND TRACK E/SE INTO WEST TEXAS AND SE
NM. MOST SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THIS LINE LOOKS TO BE NEAR THE HOB
REGION AND THUS INCLUDED A TEMPO FOR GUSTY WINDS AND TSRA .
OTHERWISE...S/SE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND
THEN INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SCT TO BKN
CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE NEXT 24 HOURS WILL BE
DOMINATED BY VFR CONDITIONS IN ALL AREAS BUT MAY DROP TO MVFR IN
CNM AND HOB.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 149 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008/

DISCUSSION...
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS (ISOLATED TO CHANCE) WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. AN UPPER LEVEL
HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS MEXICO AND NEW
MEXICO. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST
TOWARD THE TEXAS PANHANDLE/SOUTH PLAINS AND IMPINGE UPON A LEE
TROUGH CENTERED ACROSS THE WEST TEXAS/NEW MEXICO BORDER. THE GFS40
850 TO 700 MILLIBAR THETA E RIDGE AGREED AMAZINGLY WELL WITH THE
NAM 80 GRAPHICAL PRECIPITATION OUTPUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE
DAYTIME THROUGH FRIDAY. THOUGHT THAT THE NAM PRECIPITATION OUTPUT
HOWEVER WAS TOO LOW AT NIGHT (AS WELL AS THE GFS) CONSIDERING THE
CONSISTENT AMOUNT OF SHORTWAVES IN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT
AND THE AFOREMENTIONED THETA E RIDGE FORECASTED THROUGH FRIDAY.

PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND (AND MAY EVEN
INCREASE) AS FORECASTED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES APPEAR TO GET TRAPPED
INSIDE THE RIDGE OVER WEST TEXAS. CONTINUED ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
POPS OVER THE REGION. WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUING THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS WITH MODERATE SHEAR IN PLACE A FEW STORMS EACH DAY AND
NIGHT COULD BECOME SEVERE BUT NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD EVENTS AT
THIS TIME.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

MEFFER/99
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 1:04 PM CDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
104 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-251815-
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-
104 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 /1204 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN
THREATS. WILDFIRES STARTED BY LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL BEING A LESSER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS...BUT MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND AT NIGHT. ISOLATED
STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...
IN ADDITION TO WILDFIRES STARTED BY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

.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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
458 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008

NMZ027-028-242230-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
358 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF QUEEN AT 358 PM
MDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AREAS IMPACTED ARE QUEEN AND STATE
HIGHWAY 137.

WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH... HAIL... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:37 PM CDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
537 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008

NMZ027-028-TXZ058-258-242300-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
437 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON AND
SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY AT
437 PM MDT OR 537 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. AREAS IMPACTED
ARE QUEEN AND US HIGHWAY 62/180.

WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH... HAIL... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.
Local storm report, Jun 24, 8:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines59 min
Jun 24, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines59 min
Jun 24, 9:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 hr
Jun 24, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor56 min
Jun 25, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor22 min
Jun 25, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.