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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 2, 2008Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2008, 8:23 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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
Aug 2, 2008, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 235 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 00:00Z on 2008-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1585 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 00:00Z on 2008-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1585 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 2, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
633 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

.DISCUSSION...
PLEASE SEE THE AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL AREA TERMINALS THROUGH
04/0000 UTC. ISOLD TSRA FROM NEAR KCNM SOUTH ACROSS THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS TO THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS WILL DISSIPATE WITH LOSS OF
HEATING THIS EVENING. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS GENERALLY UNDER 10
KNOTS TONIGHT WILL PICK UP A BIT AFTER 03/1500 UTC...WITH GUSTS
NEAR 20 KNOTS POSSIBLE AT KMAF.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 211 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008/

DISCUSSION...
WEAKNESS IN 5H HGHT FIELD NOTED ACRS WRN CWFA TODAY RESULTING IN AN
INCREASED CHC OF RAIN FOR THE TRANS PECOS AND WITH COOLER TEMPS
AREAWIDE (5 TO 8F COOLER AT ODO/MAF FROM PREVIOUS 24HRS). FOR THE
MOST PART PRECIP WILL BE TIED TO DIURNAL HEATING TRENDS AND
GENERALLY A SLGHT CHC. THEREAFTER MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WRT
BUILDING/HOLDING 5H HGHTS IN PLACE SUN/MON SO WARMING/DRYING TREND
IS AHEAD. MODELS CONTINUE TO DEPICT MUCH TALKED ABOUT TROF MOVING
W ONTO TX COAST TUE. NAM SEEMS OVERDONE WRT PRECIP AS IT DEVELOPS
PRECIP ON THE LEAST FAVORABLE W SIDE TUE. ATTP TEND TO FAVOR
GFS/ECMWF SOLNS WITH 5H WINDS TURNING SE WED EVENING/THUR MORNING.
RICHER 7H-5H THETA-E AIR IS PROGGED TO ARRIVE THEN AND THINK THIS
IS WHEN THE POPS WOULD INCREASE SOME. THIS MID LEVEL MSTR WILL
WORK W QUICK THOUGH WITH THETA-E RIDGE AXIS PROBABLY INTO OR
EXITING WRN CWFA BY FRI/00Z. 5H HGHTS REMAIN LOWER (588-590)
SUGGESTING TEMPS WILL BE CLOSER TO NORMAL (M90S) FRI/SAT. GFS
SHOWS SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WELL E WITH ENUF MSTR/INSTABILITY HOLDING
IN THE W TO KEEP LOW END POPS.

&&

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

&&

70
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 1:42 PM CDT, 6 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
142 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-031845-
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-
142 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008 /1242 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING MAINLY WEST OF A PANTHER JUNCTION TO MARATHON TO
CARLSBAD LINE. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREAMS
AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN...ALONG WITH
GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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, Aug 2, 3:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
348 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

TXZ075-022115-
PECOS-
348 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON AT
348 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL IMPACT US
HIGHWAY 385 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON.

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

GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:08 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio50 min

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.