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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 11, 2010Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2010, 6:51 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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
Apr 11, 2010, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Brewster County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 258 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 440 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-348 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1382 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Apr 11, 6:31 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 6:31 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 1:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
105 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-121815-
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-
105 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010 /1205 PM MDT SUN APR 11 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS
WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... ESPECIALLY OVER THE
PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE
PRIMARY CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEK...
AND A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WIND...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ALTHOUGH THERE IS ONLY A LOW CHANCE OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION TODAY...
SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS WEEK.

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, Apr 11, 2:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
210 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

TXZ058-074-075-112000-
PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
210 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EASTERN JEFF DAVIS...SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS AT
209 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN FORT DAVIS AND BALMORHEA. THESE
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE
HAIL.

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.

&&
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 2:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
256 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

TXZ058-074-075-112045-
PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS
256 PM CDT SUN APR 11 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES...SOUTHEASTERN JEFF
DAVIS AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS AT
256 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

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.

&&
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis54 min
Apr 11, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis57 min
Apr 11, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster65 min
Apr 11, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.