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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2011, 7:02 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2011, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jeff Davis County, TX, Presidio County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 3 E Valentine, TX | HARDBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON HW 90 3 MILES EAST OF VALENTINE. |
| May 31, 7:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Valentine, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
222
WUUS54 KMAF 010002
SVRMAF
TXC243-377-010045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0034.110601T0002Z-110601T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
702 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES NORTH OF VALENTINE...OR 33 MILES WEST OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
VALENTINE...OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3067 10476 3081 10458 3075 10418 3059 10406
3046 10404 3051 10432 3045 10438 3035 10446
3048 10471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 223DEG 8KT 3068 10445
$$1 follow-up statement
048
WWUS54 KMAF 010029
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
729 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
TXC243-377-010045-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110601T0045Z/
JEFF DAVIS TX-PRESIDIO TX-
729 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO AND SOUTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES...
AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR VALENTINE...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARFA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...VALENTINE...
HIGHWAY 90 IN SOUTHWESTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3067 10476 3081 10458 3075 10418 3059 10406
3046 10404 3051 10432 3045 10438 3035 10446
3048 10471
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 223DEG 8KT 3059 10443
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 66 min |
| May 31, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 54 min |
| May 31, 7:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 3 hr |
| May 31, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 55 min |
| May 31, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Presidio | 62 min |
| May 31, 9:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Presidio | 3 hr |
| May 31, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 57 min |
| May 31, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 60 min |
| May 31, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 61 min |
| May 31, 11:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:21 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 19 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.