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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 333, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 2009, 12:51 AM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
- Oct 5, 2009, 12:51 AM CDT (05:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2009, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Oct 5, 12:22 AM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 12:22 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 1:33 PM CDT, 11 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 133 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-051845- 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- 133 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 /1233 PM MDT SUN OCT 4 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST TEXAS. THE BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL BE FURTHER EAST OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN... WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED EITHER THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT... HOWEVER A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN...WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND LOWER TRANS PECOS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS EACH OF THESE PERIODS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE OVER THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE AREA AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA FROM THE WEST. MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THESE PERIODS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING 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, Oct 4, 8:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 822 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 TXZ074-050145- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 822 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH...SOUTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS IN SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY AT 820 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT STATE HIGHWAY 118 BETWEEN FORT DAVIS AND ALPINE. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 8:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 836 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 TXZ074-080-050200- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU- 836 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN PRESIDIO AND NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES. A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARFA AT 836 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN PRESIDIO AND NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALPINE AND MARFA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 8:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 853 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 TXZ081-050230- BIG BEND AREA- 853 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF CASTOLON AT 848 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CASTOLON AND THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 9:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 910 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 TXZ081-050245- BIG BEND AREA- 910 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...30 MILES SOUTH OF ALPINE AT 909 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT STATE HIGHWAY 118...25 MILES SOUTH OF ALPINE. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 9:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 946 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 TXZ081-050315- BIG BEND AREA- 946 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PERSIMMON GAP IN CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY AT 945 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MARATHON AND PERSIMMON GAP. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM INCREASES...SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. STRONG WINDS...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Oct 4, 11:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1113 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 TXZ081-050445- BIG BEND AREA- 1113 PM CDT SUN OCT 4 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY. AT 1111 PM CDT...AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF MILE MARKER 493 ON SH 118...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES...WIND GUSTS NEAR 55 MPH AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 60 min |
| Oct 4, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 41 min |
| Oct 4, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 61 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.