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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 13, 2009Pecos County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2009, 7:10 PM CDT for Pecos County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
Jun 13, 2009, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2009, 7:49 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Pecos County, TX, Upton 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 13, 6:56 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:56 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
339 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-142045-
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-
339 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009 /239 PM MDT SAT JUN 13 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND EAST OF A PRESIDIO TO PECOS TO
SEMINOLE LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN
THREATS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP...ALTHOUGH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT OVER THE NORTHEASTERN
COUNTY WARNING AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM
CDT FOR SCURRY AND MITCHELL COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION...HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 100-105 WARRANT CAUTION FOR THOSE
OUTSIDE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHES
AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...MAINLY
EAST OF A HOBBS TO CRANE LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS RECOMMENDED.

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, Jun 13, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
535 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

TXZ075-081-082-132315-
PECOS-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-
535 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTH
CENTRAL PECOS AND WEST CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES.

AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LONGFELLOW AT 535 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND WEST
CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:20 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:27 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:39 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:40 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:47 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF13 hr
Jun 14, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Winkler61 min
Jun 14, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Gaines, Winkler55 min
Jun 14, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines60 min
Jun 14, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos65 min
Jun 14, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Ward63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.