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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 15, 2010Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2010, 7:10 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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, 7:10 PM MDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2010, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM

The radar

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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

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:21 PM MDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
721 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010

NMZ028-TXZ058-160045-
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
621 PM MDT TUE JUN 15 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON AND SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
MDT...OR 745 PM CDT...

AT 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED
HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS NEAR WHITES CITY AND MALAGA.

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
INDOORS IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:46 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:07 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster58 min
Jun 15, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy49 min
Jun 15, 8:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea59 min
Jun 15, 9:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.