Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2009, 3:14 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Pecos County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Jun 17, 2009, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jeff Davis County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 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 172014 SVRMAF TXC243-371-389-172115- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0252.090617T2014Z-090617T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 314 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... SOUTHERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 312 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 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOYAVALE...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... TOYAVALE... BALMORHEA... SARAGOSA... VERHALEN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 197 AND 234. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3124 10388 3106 10316 3066 10360 3078 10395 TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 205DEG 14KT 3081 10371 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 172100 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 400 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 TXC243-371-389-172115- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090617T2115Z/ PECOS TX-REEVES TX-JEFF DAVIS TX- 400 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS...SOUTHERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES... AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SARAGOSA...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS NOW DEVELOPED NORTH OF FORT DAVIS NEAR THE JEFF DAVIS AND REEVES COUNTY LINE. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. THIS REMAINS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...SARAGOSA AND VERHALEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 197 AND 233. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3124 10388 3106 10316 3066 10360 3078 10395 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 205DEG 14KT 3097 10362 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 172115 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 415 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 TXC243-371-389-172124- /O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090617T2115Z/ PECOS TX-REEVES TX-JEFF DAVIS TX- 415 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS... SOUTHERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT... AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINS POSITIONED ACROSS EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 17. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED... PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. && LAT...LON 3124 10388 3106 10316 3066 10360 3078 10395 TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 205DEG 14KT 3103 10359 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 53 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.