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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 26, 2008Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 7:57 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 26, 2008, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 6:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 1:14 PM CDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
114 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-271815-
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-
114 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008 /1214 PM MDT THU JUN 26 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AGAIN TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO NEAR 60 MPH...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAIN. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
START WILDFIRES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND
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

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
314 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

TXZ075-262100-
PECOS-
314 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COYANOSA AT
314 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES
CAN BE EXPECTED. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE FARM TO MARKET ROADS 1776
AND 1450 AS WELL AS STATE HIGHWAY 18.

SEEK SHELTER AS THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:58 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Jun 27, 6:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.