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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 349, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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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</html>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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 10:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Reagan, Upton | 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.