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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 15, 2010Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2010, 12:37 AM CDT for Andrews County, Gaines County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 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 15, 2010, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2010, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 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.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 14, 8:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 8:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 9:37 PM CDT, 3 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
937 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-160245-
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-
937 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010 /837 PM MDT FRI MAY 14 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH ISOLATED HAIL
AND HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY ACROSS
WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ALONG AND EAST OF A HOBBS
TO FORT STOCKTON...TO SANDERSON LINE. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY ACROSS
WEST TEXAS ALONG AND EAST OF A LAMESA TO MIDLAND TO BIG LAKE LINE.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM
SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD ACTIVATE FOR
SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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, May 14, 7:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1123 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

NMZ034-TXZ059-060-150500-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-WINKLER-LOVING-
1023 PM MDT FRI MAY 14 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS
AFFECTING NORTHWESTERN WINKLER...NORTHEASTERN LOVING AND
SOUTHEASTERN LEA COUNTIES...

AT 1120 PM CDT...OR 1020 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF MENTONE...TO NEAR JAL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED
HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.

&&
Local storm report, May 14, 11:53 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1153 PM CDT FRI MAY 14 2010

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

1140 PM     HAIL             JAL                     32.11N 103.19W
05/14/2010  E1.00 INCH       LEA                NM   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE JAL POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL IN THE
            CITY OF JAL.

&&

PLATT
Special weather statement, May 15, 12:09 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1209 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010

TXZ050-051-060-150545-
ANDREWS-WINKLER-MARTIN-
1209 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS ANDREWS COUNTY...

AT 1206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN
ANDREWS COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 28 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS IN RURAL SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY. MOVEMENT
IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED
HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN ANDREWS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan25 min
May 14, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
May 14, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos23 min
May 14, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving50 min
May 15, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews51 min
May 15, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews61 min
May 15, 2:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor3 hr
May 15, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMartin, Midland3 hr
May 15, 3:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFHoward, Mitchell3 hr
May 14, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2010Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.