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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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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</html>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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</html>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.
&&
PLATTSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reagan | 25 min |
| May 14, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| May 14, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 23 min |
| May 14, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 50 min |
| May 15, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 53 min |
| May 15, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 61 min |
| May 15, 2:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 15, 2:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 15, 3:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| May 14, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 55 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.