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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2009, 6:05 PM CDT for Borden County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2009, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Borden County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 9 Nne Luther, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 15 minutes after it went out.
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 nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMAF 262305 SVRMAF TXC033-415-270000- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0124.090526T2305Z-090527T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 605 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... SOUTHERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNAPP...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SNYDER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN BORDEN COUNTY..ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LAKE J.B. THOMAS... KNAPP... IRA... DUNN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3252 10086 3252 10167 3273 10166 3272 10088 TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 312DEG 8KT 3257 10111 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 262326 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 626 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009 TXC033-415-270000- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-090527T0000Z/ SCURRY TX-BORDEN TX- 626 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BORDEN AND SOUTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTIES... AT 620 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 9 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF LUTHER. AT 623 PM CDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF LAKE J.B. THOMAS...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF GAIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...LAKE J.B. THOMAS AND KNAPP. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3252 10086 3252 10167 3273 10166 3272 10088 TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 243DEG 10KT 3254 10138 $$
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 May 26, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 311 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009 .DISCUSSION... THE LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS REVEAL A SURFACE TROUGH IN PLACE ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS STRETCHING NORTHEAST TO A SURFACE LOW BETWEEN KSPS AND KMWL. LOOKING FARTHER TO THE NORTH...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE NEAR KAMA. CONVECTION IS ALREADY IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS WHERE STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND OROGRAPHIC LIFT HAVE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO AID IN STORM DEVELOPMENT. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING... MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD BE LOCATED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. THE FOCUS WILL THEN SHIFT INTO A SMALL PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS LATE THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE... A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD. THIS SHOULD AID IN DEVELOPING CONVECTION ALONG AND BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. OVERALL...THE NAM12 APPEARS TO HANDLE THE SITUATION BEST AND WE HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED IT/S SOLUTION IN THE NEAR TERM. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAINFALL LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A HOBBS TO MIDLAND TO BIG SPRING LINE. WE HAVE INCREASED RAIN CHANCES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. WE HAVE ALSO MENTIONED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE HWO AND TONIGHT/S WEATHER GRIDS. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS RELATIVELY LOW GIVEN MODEL DERIVED 0-6KM AGL BULK SHEAR VECTORS. WOULD NOT BE TOO SURPRISED IF A FEW SEVERE STORM DEVELOPED...WITH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD TONIGHT...LIKELY AIDED BY CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW...AND SHOULD BR NEARING THE RIO GRANDE BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT GIVEN NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AND LINGERING CLOUD COVER. THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WILL SHIFT INTO THE MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY GIVEN LOW- LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW AND PERHAPS SOME WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EMBEDDED IN THE WEAK W/NW FLOW ALOFT. THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES TO REMAIN WEAK THROUGH THURSDAY AS A WARM-UP COMMENCES. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ALONG WITH A CONTINUED SUPPLY OF WEAK MID-LEVEL SUPPORT SHOULD ALLOW AT LEAST ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA. THE FLOW ALOFT WEAKENS FURTHER ON FRIDAY AS A RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS WILL BRING WARMING TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH MOST CONVECTION LIKELY CONFINED TO THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. THE CURRENT MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL RETURN TO THE AREA LATE IN THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 61 81 62 85 / 50 20 20 20 CARLSBAD NM 58 82 59 84 / 20 30 30 30 DRYDEN TX 67 85 66 87 / 30 30 30 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 61 83 63 86 / 30 30 30 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 56 82 57 84 / 30 30 30 20 HOBBS NM 57 82 60 82 / 30 20 20 20 MARFA TX 53 79 53 79 / 30 30 30 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 61 83 62 85 / 30 20 20 20 ODESSA TX 62 84 62 85 / 30 20 20 20 WINK TX 64 87 65 88 / 20 30 30 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 78/06
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 1:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 121 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-271830- 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- 121 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009 /1221 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...GLASS MOUNTAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. ACTIVITY WILL THEN BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS NEAR THE PERMIAN BASIN...WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK AS AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL...OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 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, May 26, 5:35 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
535 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL 3 WSW ELBOW 32.14N 101.56W
05/26/2009 E1.25 INCH HOWARD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CHRIS.DANIELSLocal storm report, May 26, 5:37 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
537 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0524 PM HAIL SOUTH HAVEN 32.19N 101.48W
05/26/2009 E1.25 INCH HOWARD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SOUTH HAVEN
&&
CHRIS.DANIELSLocal storm report, May 26, 5:38 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
538 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL 5 SE BIG SPRING 32.20N 101.42W
05/26/2009 E0.75 INCH HOWARD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CHRIS.DANIELSLocal storm report, May 26, 6:01 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
601 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0527 PM HAIL KNOTT 32.40N 101.64W
05/26/2009 E0.75 INCH HOWARD TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
CHRIS.DANIELSLocal storm report, May 26, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
602 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0527 PM HAIL 5 W FAIRVIEW 32.36N 101.61W
05/26/2009 E1.00 INCH HOWARD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CHRIS.DANIELSLocal storm report, May 26, 6:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
605 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0556 PM HAIL 5 N FAIRVIEW 32.43N 101.52W
05/26/2009 E0.88 INCH HOWARD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CHRIS.DANIELSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 63 min |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 55 min |
| May 26, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 54 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 56 min |
| May 26, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 52 min |
| May 26, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 60 min |
| May 26, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 34 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 59 min |
| May 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.