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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2013, 5:22 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 19, 2013, 5:22 PM MDT (23:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2013, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 19, 4:56 PM MDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:56 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 556 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE AT ALL TERMINALS EXCEPT KMAF FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS TO THE NE COLLIDES W/CONVECTION COMING OFF THE MTNS WEST. HOWEVER...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF DIRECT...HEAVIER CONVECTION. OTHERWISE...A 40+KT LLJ WILL MAINTAIN RETURN FLOW OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER FAIRLY WIDESPREAD CU FIELD WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY...W/BASES 7-9 KFT AGL. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 301 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013/ DISCUSSION... THE SUBTROPICAL UPPER RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN CENTERED OVER MEXICO THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS BEEN EDGING NORTHWARD TOWARD WEST TEXAS TODAY WHILE AN UPPER LOW DIGS INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AT THE SURFACE...STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW PERSISTS AS LEE TROUGHING ENHANCES TO THE NORTH. SKIES HAVE BEEN MOSTLY CLEAR THROUGH THE MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO LOW 90S. SEVERAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING OVER THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAIN REGIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE EXPECTED TO MIGRATE OUT INTO THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. MEANWHILE...AN EARLY MORNING MCS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE TEXAS PANHANDLE HAS SENT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE PERMIAN BASIN...AS NOTED ON RADAR. THIS BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY GENERATE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. WILL MAKE NOTE OF THIS IN THE HWO. ANY CONVECTION MOVING OFF THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTERACT WITH THIS BOUNDARY AND COULD RESULT IN AN ISOLATED SHORT- LIVED TORNADO. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY EASTWARD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BUT MAINTAIN ITS INFLUENCE OVER MOST OF THE REGION. SURFACE LEE TROUGHING WILL EXTEND SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...KEEP STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AND AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SURFACE HEATING NEAR THE TROUGH AXIS MAY HELP TO GENERATE SOME AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN REGIONS AS WELL AS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS THROUGH SUNDAY. CONFIDENCE IS CURRENTLY LOW HOWEVER IF WE CAN GET A WEAKNESS IN THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE DURING PEAK HEATING...COINCIDENT WITH A MID LEVEL THETA E AXIS...THEN ITS DEFINITELY POSSIBLE FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED LOCATIONS. OTHERWISE...RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN NIL FOR MOST LOCATIONS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH HIGHER READINGS IN THE PECOS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEYS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 44
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 2:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 303 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-202015- 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- 303 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 /203 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013/ 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 SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LAMESA...TO WINK...TO FORT STOCKTON...TO TERLINGUA LINE. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON. 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, Jun 19, 2:31 PM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 331 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 NMZ028-192100- EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 231 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM MDT/400 PM CDT/... AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOVING AT 231 PM MDT/331 PM CDT/...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING/900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3253 10403 3201 10373 3200 10432 3227 10438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 231DEG 13KT 3224 10419
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:39 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
539 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
TXZ045-046-192330-
DAWSON-GAINES-
539 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM
AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL GAINES AND NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL
630 PM CDT...
AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF SAND AT 538
PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3276 10184 3262 10223 3283 10234 3297 10209
3296 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 244DEG 14KT 3278 10216Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:02 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 602 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 NMZ028-033-034-192345- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 502 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL EDDY AND WEST CENTRAL LEA COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT... AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF SALT LAKE AT 503 PM MDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3267 10380 3238 10343 3220 10390 3237 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 233DEG 17KT 3233 10389
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 41 min | |
| Jun 19, 2:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 3:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 43 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.