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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 21, 2013Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 9:27 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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 21, 2013, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2013, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

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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 21, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 21, 7:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 7:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 1:25 PM CDT, 8 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
125 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-221200-
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-
125 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013 /1225 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...ARE POSSIBLE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...AND
THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...AND THE
DAVIS MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO SOUTH TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS...
SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALL
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AFTER 3 PM
CDT/2 PM MDT.

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 21, 6:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
655 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

TXZ060-067-220030-
WARD-WINKLER-
655 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55
MPH WINDS AFFECTING NORTH CENTRAL WARD AND SOUTH CENTRAL WINKLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WINK ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 115 AT 655 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 200 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3184 10299 3172 10301 3162 10298 3158 10301
      3159 10330 3183 10328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 286DEG 9KT 3164 10321

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:52 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:56 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ward, Winkler	56 min
Jun 21, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	57 min
Jun 21, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	43 min
Jun 21, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	32 min
Jun 21, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	42 min
Jun 21, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	59 min
Jun 21, 8:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	38 min
Jun 21, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	49 min
Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	60 min
Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	24 min
Jun 21, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	53 min
Jun 21, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	27 min
Jun 21, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	48 min
Jun 21, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	62 min
Jun 21, 10:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Jun 21, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	27 min
Jun 22, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	24 min
Jun 22, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		35 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	33 min
Jun 22, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	39 min
Jun 22, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		37 min
Jun 22, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	23 min
Jun 22, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	42 min
Jun 22, 6:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Presidio	112 min
Jun 21, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.