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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 7, 2010Andrews County, Ector County, Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2010, 4:03 AM CDT for Andrews County, Ector County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
Jun 7, 2010, 4:03 AM CDT (09:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Andrews County, TX, Ector County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 371 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2578 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
6.7

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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 Jun 7, 12:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 12:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 1:28 PM CDT, 14 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
128 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-071830-
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-
128 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010 /1228 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO
GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING A FEW STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

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, Jun 6, 10:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1048 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010

NMZ027-028-070415-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
948 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM
AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM MDT...

AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN OPEN COUNTRY 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF QUEEN AT 948 PM MDT...MOVING WEST AT 5 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, Jun 6, 11:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1125 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2010

NMZ027-028-070500-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
1025 PM MDT SUN JUN 6 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55
MPH WINDS AFFECTING NORTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM MDT...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND GUSTY WINDS
NEAR 40 TO 55 MPH WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HOPE AT 1025 PM
MDT...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

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, Jun 7, 12:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1204 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2010

TXZ057-058-074-070530-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
1204 AM CDT MON JUN 7 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
AFFECTING CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND GUSTY WINDS WAS
LOCATED OVER CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY AT 1203 AM CDT...MOVING EAST
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, Jun 7, 12:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis27 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis, Presidio3 hr
Jun 7, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines38 min
Jun 7, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines14 min
Jun 6, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
Jun 6, 11:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Jun 6, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Jun 7, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy55 min
Jun 7, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea51 min
Jun 7, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea61 min
Jun 7, 6:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.