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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 25, 2013Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 25, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Borden County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1190 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-371 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 25, 5:38 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 5:38 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:44 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
544 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-261200-
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-
544 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 /444 PM MDT TUE JUN 25 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE
TONIGHT. A COUPLE OF STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND OR DAMAGING WINDS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HOWEVER
IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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 25, 3:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:37 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
537 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

TXZ075-252300-
PECOS-
537 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON
AT 536 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE AND MAY AFFECT THOSE IN FORT STOCKTON AND ON INTERSTATE 10
NEAR FORT STOCKTON.

&&

LAT...LON 3103 10264 3079 10253 3076 10294 3099 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 277DEG 3KT 3092 10282
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:55 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
555 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

TXZ046-047-252330-
DAWSON-BORDEN-
555 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EASTERN DAWSON AND NORTHERN BORDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM AROUND 5 MILES
WEST OF MESQUITE TO NEAR FARM TO MARKET 1210 WEST OF MESQUITE IN
DAWSON COIUNTY AT 553 PM CDT...MOVING EAST 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 10128 3269 10133 3262 10181 3296 10194
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 274DEG 14KT 3286 10169
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:02 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
602 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

TXZ060-061-067-068-252330-
ECTOR-CRANE-WARD-WINKLER-
602 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55
MPH WINDS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN WARD...NORTHWESTERN CRANE...
SOUTHEASTERN WINKLER AND SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM
CDT...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PENWELL NEAR INTERSTATE 20 AT 600 PM CDT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MONAHANS AT 600 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 10277 3180 10250 3150 10244 3139 10282
      3163 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 255DEG 5KT 3161 10276

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio29 min
Jun 25, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio63 min
Jun 25, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster25 min
Jun 25, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio55 min
Jun 25, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane31 min
Jun 25, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos27 min
Jun 25, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos23 min
Jun 25, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden35 min
Jun 25, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane28 min
Jun 25, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF29 min
Jun 25, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor37 min
Jun 25, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster34 min
Jun 25, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson34 min

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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.