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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 8, 2009Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 2009, 7:04 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 8, 2009, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2009, 7:27 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 8, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 179 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 Oct 8, 6:38 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 6:38 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 2:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
212 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-091915-
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-
212 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009 /112 PM MDT THU OCT 8 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 REMAIN POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING NEAR AND JUST EAST OF A GAIL TO BIG SPRING TO SANDERSON
LINE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BECOMING
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL AS THE
MAIN THREATS. IN ADDITION...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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 8, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
514 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

TXZ082-082245-
TERRELL-
514 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY.

AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DRYDEN IN EXTREME SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY AT 513 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER HIGHWAY 90 EAST OF DRYDEN.

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

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
525 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

TXZ051-052-063-082300-
HOWARD-MARTIN-GLASSCOCK-
525 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK
AND SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER LOMAX AT 525 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THIS STORM COULD STRENGTHEN.

GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
531 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

TXZ063-082300-
GLASSCOCK-
531 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY
AT 531 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
549 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

TXZ082-082315-
TERRELL-
549 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EASTERN TERRELL COUNTY.

AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF THE
TERRELL GAS PLANT AT 548 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
556 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

TXZ069-082330-
UPTON-
556 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHERN UPTON COUNTY.

AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR MIDKIFF SOUTHWEST
TO NEAR KING MOUNTAIN. STORMS IN THE LINE WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH...WITH THE LINE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
Local storm report, Oct 8, 6:47 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 10:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock, Midland, Pecos, Reagan, Upton3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.