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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 14, 2009Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2009, 8:42 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 14, 2009, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2009, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 14, 7:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 14, 7:47 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
747 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

TXZ074-080-081-150115-
BIG BEND AREA-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-
747 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO AND WEST
CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTIES.

AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO
COUNTY AT 746 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 118 OVER WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY.

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 8:14 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:39 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
839 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

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

0834 PM     HAIL             FORT STOCKTON           30.89N 102.89W
06/14/2009  E1.00 INCH       PECOS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:41 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:42 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
842 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0838 PM     HAIL             FORT STOCKTON           30.89N 102.89W
06/14/2009  E1.75 INCH       PECOS              TX   STORM CHASER

            HAIL RANGED IN SIZE FROM QUARTER TO GOLF BALL.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	59 min
Jun 14, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	58 min
Jun 14, 8:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
Jun 14, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	24 min
Jun 14, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	53 min
Jun 14, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	50 min
Jun 15, 4:21 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF		16 hr
Jun 15, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves	66 min
Jun 15, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	52 min
Jun 15, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	115 min
Jun 15, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	44 min
Jun 14, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	47 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.