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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 17, 2009Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2009, 12:08 AM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2009, 12:08 AM CDT (05:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2009, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:07 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 10:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 10:08 PM CDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1008 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     HAIL             15 N CRANE              31.61N 102.35W
04/16/2009  E1.75 INCH       CRANE              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

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JGUDMEST

Local storm report, Apr 16, 10:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1050 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1025 PM     HAIL             BIG SPRING              32.25N 101.48W
04/16/2009  E0.88 INCH       HOWARD             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

1027 PM     HAIL             BIG SPRING              32.25N 101.48W
04/16/2009  E1.00 INCH       HOWARD             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

1030 PM     HAIL             BIG SPRING              32.25N 101.48W
04/16/2009  E1.00 INCH       HOWARD             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

1033 PM     HAIL             2 N BIG SPRING          32.28N 101.48W
04/16/2009  E1.00 INCH       HOWARD             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

1036 PM     FLASH FLOOD      11 NW BIG SPRING        32.36N 101.61W
04/16/2009                   HOWARD             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            4 FEET OF WATER OVER FM 2230, HIGHWAY IS WASHED OUT, DPS
            IS CLOSING ROAD

1030 PM     HAIL             7 W BAKERSFIELD         30.89N 102.42W
04/16/2009  E1.00 INCH       PECOS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 11:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 11:14 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1114 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009

TXZ048-170500-
SCURRY-
1114 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SCURRY COUNTY.

AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARAH AT
1114 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS OVER SNYDER.

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

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR WEST TEXAS.

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 11:44 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector	59 min
Apr 16, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin	27 min
Apr 16, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	62 min
Apr 16, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	55 min
Apr 16, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	44 min
Apr 16, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	40 min
Apr 16, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Pecos	44 min
Apr 16, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Martin	23 min
Apr 16, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Martin	63 min
Apr 16, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard	32 min
Apr 16, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	45 min
Apr 16, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Midland, Upton	53 min
Apr 16, 9:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Howard	3 hr
Apr 16, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	30 min
Apr 16, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Howard	60 min
Apr 16, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	34 min
Apr 16, 10:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Martin	3 hr
Apr 16, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	60 min
Apr 16, 10:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard	3 hr
Apr 16, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan, Upton	57 min
Apr 16, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	38 min
Apr 16, 11:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Mitchell	66 min
Apr 16, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	33 min
Apr 17, 12:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell	3 hr
Apr 17, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	60 min
Apr 17, 4:58 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Loving, Pecos, Ward, Winkler	14 hr
Apr 17, 8:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Crockett, Pecos, Terrell	8 hr
Apr 17, 8:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MAF	Crockett, Terrell	8 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.