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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2008, 5:07 PM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 18, 2008, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Presidio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 313 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 18, 4:31 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 4:31 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 113 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-191815- 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- 113 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 /1213 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AS WELL AS URBAN AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY ACROSS THE AREA...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .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 18, 4:40 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:46 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 446 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 TXZ057-074-080-182245- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- MARFA PLATEAU- 446 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLATEAU AT 446 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH... SMALL HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CREATE FLOODING CONDITIONS ACROSS FAVORED LOCATIONS. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:58 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 458 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 TXZ057-058-258-182230- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 458 PM CDT MON AUG 18 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY AT 458 PM CDT/358 PM MDT/...MOVING SOUTH AT 23 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Loving, Winkler | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 1:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 1:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 60 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.