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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2011, 9:03 PM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Presidio County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Presidio, TX | GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN PRESIDIO. RELAYED BY NEWS MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 317 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.
754
WUUS54 KMAF 010203
SVRMAF
TXC377-010300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0039.110601T0203Z-110601T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
903 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PRESIDIO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 857 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 18
MILES NORTHWEST OF SHAFTER NEAR FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2810...OR 31
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARFA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2810...SHAFTER...ADOBES...PRESIDIO.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3017 10467 3029 10427 2994 10381 2928 10381
2930 10394 2935 10406 2946 10422 2950 10425
2957 10439 2968 10451 2994 10466 3003 10469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 220DEG 11KT 3005 10444
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS54 KMAF 010229
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
929 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
TXC377-010300-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110601T0300Z/
PRESIDIO TX-
929 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PRESIDIO COUNTY...
AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADOBES...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF
PRESIDIO...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...ADOBES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3015 10466 3020 10433 2989 10394 2963 10395
2943 10409 2940 10413 2946 10422 2950 10425
2957 10439 2968 10451 2994 10466 3003 10469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 358DEG 19KT 2985 10450
$$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, 7:24 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, 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.