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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2010, 12:31 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- May 24, 2010, 12:31 PM CDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2010, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 2145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 May 24, 12:02 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 12:02 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:15 AM CDT, 8 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 415 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-242000- 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- 415 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 /315 AM MDT MON MAY 24 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY WEST TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 10 PERCENT AND SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH HIGH FIRE DANGER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY. THOUGH THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .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
Local storm report, May 24, 9:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1127 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 TXZ060-061-067-068-241700- WINKLER-ECTOR-WARD-CRANE- 1127 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING EASTERN WARD...NORTHERN CRANE...SOUTHEASTERN WINKLER AND SOUTHERN ECTOR COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT... AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 TO 50 MPH WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF MONAHANS AT 1126 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
Special weather statement, May 24, 11:32 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1132 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 TXZ050-051-062-241700- ANDREWS-MARTIN-MIDLAND- 1132 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND...SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS AND SOUTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL NOON CDT... AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTIES AT 1127 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT STATE HIGHWAY 349 FROM MILE MARKER 316 NORTH TO THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 176. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER AS THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION. &&
Special weather statement, May 24, 12:02 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1202 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 TXZ068-075-241730- CRANE-PECOS- 1202 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55 MPH WINDS AFFECTING NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND WEST CENTRAL CRANE COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF FORT STOCKTON OVER STATE HIGHWAY 18 AT 1201 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
Special weather statement, May 24, 12:24 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1224 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 TXZ061-067-068-241800- ECTOR-WARD-CRANE- 1224 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN WARD...NORTHERN CRANE AND SOUTH CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 TO 50 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK AT 1223 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 32 min |
| May 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 29 min |
| May 23, 8:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 26 min |
| May 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 60 min |
| May 23, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 41 min |
| May 24, 4:40 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 15 hr | |
| May 24, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 54 min |
| May 24, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 53 min |
| May 24, 1:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 24, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| May 24, 2:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 32 min |
| May 24, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 59 min |
| May 24, 3:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 30 min |
| May 24, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| May 24, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| May 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 65 min |
| May 24, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 35 min |
| May 24, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 47 min |
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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.