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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 15, 2010Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2010, 12:39 AM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2010, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Andrews County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 58 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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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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 369 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2798 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 321 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2798 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
624 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.6
Supercell composite
23.8

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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 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 8:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 9:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes 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 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 14, 11:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 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, 46 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.

&&

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Special weather statement, May 15, 12:09 AM CDT, 30 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, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines53 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

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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.