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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2013Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2013, 9:51 PM CDT for Glasscock County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2013, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Glasscock County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 23, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

770 
WUUS54 KMAF 240251
SVRMAF
TXC173-240345-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0053.130524T0251Z-130524T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
951 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEES TO BIGBY CORNER...OR ALONG
  A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY TO 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  GARDEN CITY...
  SAINT LAWRENCE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 10175 3203 10169 3209 10167 3209 10126
      3165 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 280DEG 20KT 3202 10150 3167 10165

$$

2 follow-up statements

896 
WWUS54 KMAF 240320
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1020 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

TXC173-240345-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-130524T0345Z/
GLASSCOCK TX-
1020 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR GLASSCOCK COUNTY...

AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEES
TO SAINT LAWRENCE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST
OF GARDEN CITY TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...
SOUTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3165 10175 3203 10169 3209 10167 3209 10126
      3165 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 280DEG 20KT 3199 10131 3164 10146

$$

881 
WWUS54 KMAF 240341
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1041 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

TXC173-240351-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-130524T0345Z/
GLASSCOCK TX-
1041 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GLASSCOCK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1045 PM CDT...

AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED... PONDING OF WATER
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN
CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO
PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 10175 3203 10169 3209 10167 3209 10126
      3165 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 280DEG 20KT 3197 10117 3162 10132

$$

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 May 23, 8:56 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 8:56 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
856 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

.DISCUSSION...
HAVE CANCELLED PORTIONS OF SEVERE TSTM WATCH 214 AND TORNADO WATCH
213 EARLY AND WILL LET REMAINDER OF THE FAR E AND S CWFA THAT ARE STILL
IN THE WATCHES EXPIRE AT 10 PM. TSTMS ARE STILL ACROSS THE E PB
ALTHOUGH SEVERE THREAT HAS DIMINISHED SOME. NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
ARE STILL ACROSS THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS STILL
POSSIBLE NEXT FEW ACROSS PB MAINLY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE
BOUNDARY. WILL SEND ANOTHER UPDATE AROUND 10 PM FOR EXPIRATION
WATCHES.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 649 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013/

DISCUSSION...
SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

AVIATION...
FOCUS THIS FORECAST IS AROUND THE POTENTIAL FOR STORMS SOME SEVERE
AROUND THE AREA. FOR THE NEAR TERM THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS
AT TAF SITES IN MINIMAL. STILL WILL KEEP TEMPO GROUPS THRU 02Z-05Z
POSSIBLE MVFR CIGS ASSOCD WITH TSTMS. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS POSSIBLE
LATER FRI PM AND HAVE INCLUDED PROB30.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 222 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013/

DISCUSSION...

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IS TAKING SHAPE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AND 60S AND CAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 3 KJ/KG
ACROSS AREAS EAST OF A DRYLINE LOCATED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND
TRANS PECOS. CONVECTION HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE DAVIS
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND IT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE CWA. MID LEVEL LIFT IS
PRESENT WITH GOOD OMEGA VALUES AND A SHORTWAVE MOVING NEAR THE
AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH THE GOOD MOISTURE...LIFT AND INSTABILITY PRESENT. A
TORNADO WATCH AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 10
PM CDT. THE SOMEWHAT MODEST SHEAR VALUES WOULD BE THE ONLY
PROHIBITING FACTOR KEEPING STORMS FROM REACHING SEVERE LEVELS.
MODELS INDICATE A POSSIBLE MCS DEVELOPING NEAR CHILDRESS TX LATE
THIS EVENING AND MOVING SOUTHWARD DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE
STORM COMPLEX MAY IMPACT THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY BUT THIS MAY CHANGE AS NEW MODEL
DATA COMES IN THIS EVENING.

EXPECT MORE STORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AS LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL REMAIN PLENTIFUL AND UPPER LIFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE
AREA BUT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AS TO WHERE THE CONVECTION WILL
DEVELOP.  LAPSE RATES...CAPE AND SHEAR APPEAR TO BE LESS IMPRESSIVE
SO DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IF ANY IN TERMS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
PWATS REMAIN ABOVE 1 INCH THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY SO HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THE CONVECTION.  KEPT RAIN AND
STORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY WITH MID LEVEL LIFT NEAR THE
AREA AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STILL PRESENT.  THE RAIN COOLED AIR AND
INCREASED CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO KEEP DAYTIME HIGHS FOR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL VALUES.  RAIN CHANCES DECREASE
FOR SUNDAY AS THE SHORTWAVES MOVE EAST OF THE AREA.

DURING THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL
REMAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS LEAVING THE REGION IN SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT.  A DRYLINE WILL BE PRESENT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS SO
STORMS WILL REMAIN A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY.  THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE
EASTWARD DURING MID WEEK WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BECOMING MORE
POSSIBLE DUE TO INCREASING UPPER LIFT AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.
DECREASING HEIGHTS WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING TOO HOT NEXT WEEK.  MORNING LOWS ARE
EXPECTED TO STAY ON THE WARM SIDE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF GOOD LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ANDREWS TX                 68  85  68  84  /  30  30  40  20
BIG SPRING TX              69  86  69  85  /  50  30  40  20
CARLSBAD NM                69  90  65  92  /  20  20  20  20
DRYDEN TX                  74  87  69  88  /  20  30  30  20
FORT STOCKTON TX           69  87  67  86  /  20  30  30  20
GUADALUPE PASS TX          63  84  61  87  /  20  20  20  20
HOBBS NM                   67  87  64  86  /  20  30  30  20
MARFA TX                   57  81  57  85  /  20  30  20  20
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    69  85  69  84  /  30  30  40  20
ODESSA TX                  70  84  69  85  /  30  30  40  20
WINK TX                    71  86  69  93  /  20  30  30  20

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 9:03 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
903 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-250215-
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-
903 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 /803 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE A FEW
MORE HOURS ACROSS THE EAST PERMIAN BASIN. LOCAL HEAVY RAIN IS THE
MAIN CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THOUGH SOME STORMS
COULD BE STRONG...PARTICULARLY SATURDAY...THOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED.

.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

Local storm report, May 23, 7:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
741 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E SNYDER              32.71N 100.86W
05/23/2013  M73 MPH          SCURRY             TX   MESONET

&&

GREGORY.MURDOCH

Local storm report, May 23, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
743 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S SNYDER              32.68N 100.92W
05/23/2013                   SCURRY             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FLASH FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 350

&&

ANDREW.ARNOLD

Local storm report, May 23, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
829 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0812 PM     HAIL             NNW KNOTT               32.40N 101.64W
05/23/2013  M0.88 INCH       HOWARD             TX   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

ANDREW.ARNOLD

Local storm report, May 23, 9:13 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
913 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BIG SPRING              32.25N 101.48W
05/23/2013                   HOWARD             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE 1300 BLOCK OF 6TH STREET, PORTIONS OF 3RD STREET AND
            THE INTERSECTION OF ALAMESA AND PARKWAY WERE ALL FLOODED.
            A TAXI CAB WAS REPORTED PUSHED OFF THE ROAD IN BIG
            SPRING.

&&

AKL

Special weather statement, May 23, 9:29 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
929 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

TXZ063-240330-
GLASSCOCK-
929 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
GLASSCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN...CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY AT 928 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE 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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3166 10176 3192 10177 3209 10137 3208 10126
      3166 10126
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 234DEG 19KT 3178 10161

Local storm report, May 23, 9:37 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
937 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 PM     HAIL             BIG SPRING              32.25N 101.48W
05/23/2013  M0.50 INCH       HOWARD             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

ANDREW.ARNOLD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Scurry	3 hr
May 23, 7:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Borden	3 hr
May 23, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Mitchell, Scurry	61 min
May 23, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	46 min
May 23, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Martin	61 min
May 23, 8:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Howard	62 min
May 23, 9:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell	2 hr
May 23, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	61 min
May 23, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	27 min
May 23, 10:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Mitchell	3 hr
May 23, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	65 min
May 23, 10:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reagan	3 hr
May 23, 11:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reagan	116 min
May 23, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	56 min
May 23, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	54 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.