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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2009, 1:12 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Scurry 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
- Jul 30, 2009, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2009, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1022 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 30, 1:09 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 1:09 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 1:30 PM CDT, 11 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 130 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-301830- 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- 130 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 /1230 PM MDT WED JUL 29 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 WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE MARFA PLATEAU. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS. ALTHOUGH NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...COUPLED WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...AND OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO ARE EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE INTO A WELL DEVELOPED COMPLEX OF STORMS BEFORE HEADING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE INTO THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL LIKELY APPROACH OR EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS...WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. ADDITIONALLY...FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING IN RESPONSE TO A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 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 29, 8:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 840 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 TXZ058-059-300215- LOVING-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 840 PM CDT WED JUL 29 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON... NORTHWESTERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL LOVING COUNTIES. AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF RED BLUFF AT 839 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE APPROACHING F.M. 652 AND THE TOWN OF ORLA. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. DANIELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 2:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 58 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 64 min |
| Jul 30, 3:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| Jul 30, 4:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 35 min |
| Jul 30, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 61 min |
| Jul 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
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.