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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 27, 2009Borden County, Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2009, 6:38 PM CDT for Borden County, Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 27, 2009, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2009, 7:12 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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 Jul 27, 6:27 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 6:27 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 3:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
309 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-281200-
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-
309 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009 /209 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. ALTHOUGH SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES MOVE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICAN PLAINS EAST ACROSS
THE PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS. HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF A CARLSBAD
NEW MEXICO TO BIG LAKE TEXAS LINE. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL
HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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, Jul 27, 6:18 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
618 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009

TXZ046-272345-
DAWSON-
618 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY.

AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTH OF LAMESA
ALONG HIGHWAY 349 AT 618 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson52 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.