Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2008, 2:38 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; Loving 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2008, 2:38 PM MDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2008, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lea County, NM, Loving County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 914 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMAF 052038
SVRMAF
NMC025-TXC301-052115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0265.081005T2038Z-081005T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
238 PM MDT SUN OCT 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL LOVING COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 315 PM MDT/415 PM CDT/
* AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 22
MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAL...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF MENTONE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 41 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
JAL...
DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... THE BEST PROTECTION CAN BE FOUND IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT SUNDAY
EVENING/900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3231 10334 3208 10309 3201 10333 3188 10358
3197 10367
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 228DEG 36KT 3200 10349
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 052059 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 359 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 TXC301-052110- /O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0265.000000T0000Z-081005T2115Z/ LOVING TX- 400 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL LOVING COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3225 10327 3211 10312 3201 10333 3206 10346 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 228DEG 35KT 3211 10331 $$ NMC025-052115- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0265.000000T0000Z-081005T2115Z/ LEA NM- 300 PM MDT SUN OCT 5 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LEA COUNTY... AT 256 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL... AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF JAL...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF KERMIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...JAL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. LAT...LON 3225 10327 3211 10312 3201 10333 3206 10346 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 228DEG 35KT 3211 10331 $$
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 Oct 5, 1:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 1:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
228 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008
.UPDATE...
UPDATING PRODUCTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX 911 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 02Z FOR MUCH OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA.
UPDATED PRODUCTS TO BE SENT SHORTLY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
INCLEMENT WEATHER IS ON THE WAY TONIGHT AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE
WESTERN HIGH PLAINS BY MONDAY MORNING. INSTABILITY WILL NOT BE GREAT
WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH CAPES PROGGED FROM 500 TO 1500 J/KG AHEAD OF
THE SURFACE TROUGH AND COLD FRONT. NONETHELESS VERY STRONG FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE UPPER JET AND STRONG
SHEAR SHOULD MORE THAN COMPENSATE FOR MARGINAL INSTABILITY. WILL
CONTINUE TO MENTION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WORDING IN THE ZONES FOR A
GOOD PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. (SEE SWODY1).
QUIET WEATHER SHOULD RETURN BY MONDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES
EAST AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT PLUNGES SOUTH. COOLING WILL BE MINIMAL
PER LESS CLOUDINESS AND LACK OF COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK
WITH STABLE AIR IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE NEAR NORMAL.
ANOTHER WESTERN UPPER TROUGH MAY COMBINE WITH A TROPICAL SYSTEM
BY NEXT WEEKEND. THERE IS STILL MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH THIS
SYSTEM. WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER RUN OR TWO BEFORE MENTIONING
WEATHER IN THE GRIDS. WILL INCREASE CLOUDS AND POPS THOUGH FOR
NOW.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX 60 84 53 76 / 80 10 0 0
CARLSBAD NM 53 85 52 82 / 30 0 0 0
DRYDEN TX 64 90 60 84 / 50 10 10 10
FORT STOCKTON TX 58 87 56 80 / 70 10 0 10
GUADALUPE PASS TX 53 79 48 72 / 30 0 0 0
HOBBS NM 53 82 49 78 / 50 10 0 0
MARFA TX 49 81 45 75 / 40 10 0 0
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 60 83 53 78 / 80 10 0 10
ODESSA TX 61 84 52 79 / 70 10 0 10
WINK TX 61 87 55 84 / 60 10 0 10
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES... PRESIDIO VALLEY.
&&
12Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 12:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 128 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-061830- 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- 128 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 /1228 PM MDT SUN OCT 5 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...NEAR THE PECOS RIVER... AND IN THE PERMIAN BASIN. A LINE OF STORMS MAY EVENTUALLY FORM. STORMS WILL BE MOVING FAST INCREASING THE CHANCE OF STRONG WINDS. ALSO A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE. FLOODING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE FROM NEAR PRESIDIO TO RIO GRANDE VILLAGE WILL CONTINUE TODAY DUE TO RELEASES FROM LUIS LEON. IF HEAVY RAIN FALLS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE IT WILL ONLY ADD TO FLOODING CONCERNS. GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FLOODING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE RELEASE RATE FROM LUIS LEON HAS LEVELED OFF... BUT RIVER AND LOWLAND FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A CARLSBAD TO FORT STOCKTON LINE. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD MONITOR DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. 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, Oct 5, 2:18 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 318 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 TXZ045-052045- GAINES- 318 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHEAST GAINES COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEMINOLE AT 318 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. PEOPLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 2:24 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 324 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 NMZ034-TXZ059-052100- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-LOVING- 324 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHERN LOVING AND SOUTH CENTRAL LEA COUNTIES. A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SLASH RANCH AT 324 PM CDT/224 PM MDT/...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING/800 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 2:31 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 331 PM CDT SUN OCT 5 2008 TXZ057-058-258-052100- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 231 PM MDT SUN OCT 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF PINE SPRINGS AT 231 PM MDT/331 PM CDT/...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING/900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 29 min |
| Oct 5, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 55 min |
| Oct 5, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 42 min |
| Oct 5, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 46 min |
| Oct 5, 3:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 38 min |
| Oct 5, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 34 min |
| Oct 5, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 60 min |
| Oct 5, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 35 min |
| Oct 5, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| Oct 5, 5:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 36 min |
| Oct 5, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 31 min |
| Oct 5, 5:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2008Severe 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.