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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 6, 2009Glasscock County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2009, 7:13 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2009, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2009, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Glasscock County, TX, Midland County, TX

The radar

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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 Jun 6, 6:56 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 6:56 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
303 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-071200-
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-
303 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009 /203 PM MDT SAT JUN 6 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 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER
THE PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS.
WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND
SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICAN PLAINS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD IS POSSIBLE.  A
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 900 PM MDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER
TRANS PECOS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST AGAIN FROM THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICAN
PLAINS AND SOUTH TOWARD VAN HORN. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR SUNDAY FOR THIS REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED 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

70

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
323 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

TXZ061-062045-
ECTOR-
323 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTY.

GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH... SMALL HAIL... LOCAL ANND BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR INTERSTATE 20 AROUND PENWELL.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
426 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

TXZ062-062215-
MIDLAND-
426 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR MIDLAND COUNTY.

AT 421 PM CDT...AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COTTON FLAT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...
STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE IN MIDLAND COUNTY...INCLUDING THE SOUTH SIDE OF MIDLAND...
VALLEY VIEW...GREENWOOD...COTTON FLAT AND SPRABERRY...SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL
THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
517 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

TXZ067-068-075-062315-
WARD-CRANE-PECOS-
517 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL CRANE...NORTHERN PECOS
AND SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTIES.

AT 514 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...
STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

PEOPLE IN IMPERIAL...TUBBS CORNER...GRANDFALLS AND ALONG HIGHWAY
329 WEST OF CRANE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.  SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:39 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:43 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:32 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF17 hr
Jun 7, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton46 min
Jun 7, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Mitchell52 min
Jun 7, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.