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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2011, 7:24 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:59 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 Sw Higginbotham, TX | INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 214 AND RANCH ROAD 3306. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1942 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135 WUUS54 KMAF 010024 SVRMAF TXC165-010130- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0036.110601T0024Z-110601T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 724 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGGINBOTHAM...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOBBS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... HIGGINBOTHAM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. && LAT...LON 3295 10272 3273 10276 3277 10305 3295 10306 TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 281DEG 12KT 3290 10306 $$
2 follow-up statements
321 WWUS54 KMAF 010051 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 751 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 TXC165-010130- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110601T0130Z/ GAINES TX- 751 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTY... AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGGINBOTHAM...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... HIGGINBOTHAM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. && LAT...LON 3295 10272 3273 10276 3277 10305 3295 10306 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 286DEG 9KT 3288 10300 $$
396 WWUS54 KMAF 010105 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 805 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 TXC165-010130- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110601T0130Z/ GAINES TX- 805 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTY... AT 758 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 212 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 3306 IN NORTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTY. AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGGINBOTHAM...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENVER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... HIGGINBOTHAM. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. && LAT...LON 3295 10272 3273 10276 3277 10305 3295 10306 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 273DEG 4KT 3288 10302 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.