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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 15, 2010Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2010, 3:16 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, 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
Jun 15, 2010, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2010, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX

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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 15, 3:06 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
306 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010

.DISCUSSION...
EARLY AFTERNOON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW A REMNANT FRONTAL
BOUNDARY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN INTO SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO. THE DRYLINE WAS LOCATED ACROSS FAR WEST TEXAS ROUGHLY
ALONG A QUEEN NEW MEXICO TO NEAR VAN HORN LINE.

THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WILL RESIDE A LITTLE FARTHER WEST TODAY
VS. YESTERDAY. ONE AREA WILL BE ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND
LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION...WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY
ONGOING. THE LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW MOISTURE CONTINUES
TO REMAIN IN PLACE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 90F ACROSS THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL LIKELY YIELD SOME DECENT INSTABILITY...BUT
THE 0-6KM BULK SHEAR APPEARS ON THE LOW SIDE FOR SUPERCELLS.
STILL...A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND
SEVERE HAIL. FARTHER NORTH...CLOUD COVER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES
HAVE LIMITED THE INSTABILITY SOMEWHAT...BUT BULK SHEAR VALUES ARE
STRONGER. THE HI-RES RUC CONTINUES TO SUGGEST A FEW STORMS MAY
FORM ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THEN MOVE EAST INTO THE
NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. THUS... THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
APPEARS A LITTLE BETTER ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED REGIONS. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE
STORMS. THE TORNADO THREAT APPEARS RATHER LOW...BUT WITH A
BOUNDARY IN THE AREA...ANY SUPERCELLS IN THIS REGION WILL NEED TO
BE MONITORED CAREFULLY.

ON WEDNESDAY...MID AND UPPER LEVEL HEIGHTS BEGIN TO RISE AS HIGH
PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS STRENGTHENS. THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...HIGH PRESSURE
GRADUALLY EXPANDS AND STRENGTHENS OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL SERVE
TO PUSH THE MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY AXIS FARTHER WEST. THIS SCENARIO
WILL SHIFT THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT PLAINS. THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS WILL BE FAVORED AND WE WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE TO
LOW END CHANCE POPS FOR THESE AREAS. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE...AND SHOULD REMAIN A FEW DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              71  97  72  95  /  30  10  10  10
CARLSBAD NM                67  99  69  99  /  20  30  30  20
DRYDEN TX                  73  97  73  97  /  10  10  10  10
FORT STOCKTON TX           71  97  71  97  /  30  10  10  20
GUADALUPE PASS TX          66  91  66  92  /  20  30  30  30
HOBBS NM                   67  96  69  97  /  30  10  10  10
MARFA TX                   60  91  60  92  /  30  30  30  20
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    71  97  72  96  /  30  10  10  10
ODESSA TX                  72  97  73  96  /  30  10  10  10
WINK TX                    72 102  74 101  /  30  10  10  10

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

78/06
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
144 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-161845-
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-
144 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 /1244 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST
NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP NEAR THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN...WITH
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING REMAINS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE NORTHERN
PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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

Local storm report, Jun 15, 11:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:57 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
257 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010

TXZ074-080-152030-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-
257 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
AFFECTING NORTH CENTRAL PRESIDIO AND WESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND GUSTY
WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER VALENTINE AT 257 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin60 min
Jun 14, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos58 min
Jun 14, 8:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Howard, Scurry3 hr
Jun 14, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos42 min
Jun 14, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster56 min
Jun 14, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry53 min
Jun 15, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster31 min
Jun 15, 12:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFScurry3 hr
Jun 15, 3:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson, Scurry3 hr
Jun 15, 3:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis3 hr
Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio57 min
Jun 15, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio57 min
Jun 15, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio65 min
Jun 15, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio56 min
Jun 15, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio63 min
Jun 15, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.