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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 17, 2009Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2009, 9:04 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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 17, 2009, 9:04 PM MDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2009, 9:41 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 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 17, 5:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 5:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 11:50 AM MDT, 9 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1250 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-181800-
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-
1250 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 /1150 AM MDT WED JUN 17 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...MAINLY WEST
OF A LAMESA...TO FORT STOCKTON...TO SANDERSON LINE.  ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH AT
LEAST SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL...THOUGH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OR WINDS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

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 17, 3:29 PM MDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
429 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

TXZ058-074-075-172215-
PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
429 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...
SOUTHERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES.

SEVERAL INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN
REEVES...EASTERN JEFF DAVIS...AND WESTERN PECOS COUNTIES. THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES...AND STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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

PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...SOUTHERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL
PECOS 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:36 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:39 PM MDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:42 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:28 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio59 min
Jun 17, 10:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis42 min
Jun 18, 11:16 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more49 hr
Jun 18, 12:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves25 min
Jun 18, 2:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves3 hr
Jun 18, 5:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 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.