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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 23, 2008Crane County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2008, 2:41 PM CDT for Crane County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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: Apr 23, 2008, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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
Apr 23, 10:07 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 13.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 231941
SVRMAF
TXC103-371-232030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0040.080423T1941Z-080423T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
241 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20
  MILES WEST OF GIRVIN...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  GIRVIN...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING
OR IS IMMINENT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HAIL THREE-QUARTERS
OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM
MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3100 10285 3125 10281 3132 10231 3107 10231
      3105 10228 3105 10221 3103 10218 3088 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 260DEG 35KT 3106 10266

$$

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 Apr 23, 1:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 1:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
115 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

.UPDATE...
UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE FORECAST TO REFLECT CURRENT RADAR
AND OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS...WITH THE MAIN UPDATES INCLUDING RAISING
POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING
PLAINS. UPDATES ALSO MADE TO THE CURRENT DEW POINT AND WIND GRIDS.
PRODUCTS WILL BE OUT ASAP.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1221 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008/

AVIATION...
DRYLINE IS W OF KCNM AND AS SUCH S-SE WINDS PREVAIL ACRS TAF
SITES. SCT TSTMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING MAINLY AT
THE MAF/HOB SITES. DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A PUSH E MID
AFTERNOON TURNING WINDS TO SW-W AND INCREASING AT CNM/INK/PEQ/FST.
WILL HOLD OFF BRINGING MVFR CIGS BACK W INTO PB OVERNIGHT.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1028 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008/

UPDATE...
TEXT PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED FOR TORNADO WATCH #219 IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM CDT.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS
     EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS
     NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.

TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 2 PM CDT /1 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
     CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
     GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...LOVING...REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER
     TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR.

&&

99/06

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 1:57 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
157 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-241900-
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-
157 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008 /1257 PM MDT WED APR 23 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 CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE
EVENING EAST OF A LINE FROM HOBBS TO NEAR FORT STOCKTON. SOME OF
THESES STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND RAIN WILL BE NORTH AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEAR SEMINOLE...TO STANTON...TO GARDEN CITY. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS REMAIN HIGH ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
THE UPPER TRANS PECOS INCLUDING VAN HORN AND THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS WHERE DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. A RED FLAG
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA.

ALSO ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING IS A CONCERN IN AND AROUND THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE FORT STOCKTON AREA AS THE DRY AIR MOVES
EAST AS STORMS DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

DRY AIR WILL MOVE FARTHER EAST THURSDAY AND FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS
WILL REMAIN ELEVATED WITH VERY DRY AIR AND WARM TEMPERATURES...
ESPECIALLY IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY EAST OF A SEMINOLE TO FORT
STOCKTON LINE. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN THIS AREA SHOULD
MONITOR DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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

Local storm report, Apr 23, 11:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1153 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 AM     HAIL             5 W GAIL                32.77N 101.54W
04/23/2008  E0.50 INCH       BORDEN             TX   PUBLIC

            A FEW HAILSTONES WERE PENNY SIZE AS WELL.

&&

PVESPER

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 11:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1153 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

TXZ047-231800-
BORDEN-
1153 AM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF MESQUITE AT 1153
AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 62 180.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS.

HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1226 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 AM     HAIL             13 W GAIL               32.77N 101.67W
04/23/2008  E0.50 INCH       BORDEN             TX   PUBLIC

            A FEW HAILSTONES WERE PENNY SIZE AS WELL.

&&

PVESPER

Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1240 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1225 PM     TSTM WND GST     GAIL                    32.77N 101.45W
04/23/2008  M62 MPH          BORDEN             TX   MESONET

            A 54 KNOT WIND REPORTED AT THE TEXAS TECH MESONET STATION
            IN GAIL.

&&

PVESPER

Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
109 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1252 PM     HAIL             FLUVANNA                32.89N 101.15W
04/23/2008  E1.00 INCH       SCURRY             TX   POST OFFICE

&&

PVESPER

Special weather statement, Apr 23, 1:45 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
145 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

TXZ075-231945-
PECOS-
145 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.

AT 145 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN
PECOS COUNTY...11 MILES SOUTH OF COYANOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14
MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR WEST TEXAS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 5:48 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Loving	14 hr
Apr 23, 9:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson	56 min
Apr 23, 10:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden	66 min
Apr 23, 12:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	45 min
Apr 23, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	34 min
Apr 23, 1:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Borden	3 hr
Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	41 min
Apr 23, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	66 min
Apr 23, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	27 min
Apr 23, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	59 min
Apr 23, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	56 min
Apr 23, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Scurry	49 min
Apr 23, 3:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Dawson	42 min
Apr 23, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Scurry	20 min
Apr 23, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	62 min
Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Dawson	30 min
Apr 23, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Gaines	41 min
Apr 23, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden	37 min
Apr 23, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	41 min
Apr 23, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	42 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	23 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Dawson	47 min
Apr 23, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	22 min
Apr 23, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Martin	47 min
Apr 23, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Howard	25 min
Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Howard	25 min
Apr 23, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	29 min
Apr 23, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	24 min
Apr 23, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	45 min
Apr 23, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Howard	25 min

Nearby

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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.