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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 1, 2014Brewster County, Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2014, 4:54 PM CDT for Brewster County, Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 21 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
Jul 1, 2014, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brewster County, TX, Presidio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 2014-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1005 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 2014-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-510 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 Jul 1, 2:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 2:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
216 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-021915-
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-
216 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 /116 PM MDT TUE JUL 1 2014/

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 CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
THE UPPER TRANS PECOS.  SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND POSSIBLE.  HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
LEAD TO LOCAL FLASH FLOODING.

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG THE RIO
GRANDE RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MAINLY OVER THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN.  A STORM OR TWO COULD BECOME
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING GENERALLY NORTHWEST
OF AN ANDREWS TO BALMORHEA LINE.

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, Jul 1, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
353 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

TXZ074-075-012145-
PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
353 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND WEST CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOVEY AT 353 PM CDT...MOVING
WEST AT 10 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3050 10357 3072 10361 3074 10331 3058 10326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 075DEG 9KT 3064 10339
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:10 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
410 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

TXZ074-075-081-012200-
PECOS-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-BIG BEND AREA-
410 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER
COUNTY AT 411 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3039 10364 3059 10344 3062 10329 3030 10328
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 007DEG 15KT 3052 10339
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:44 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
444 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

TXZ074-080-081-012230-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-
444 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EAST CENTRAL PRESIDIO AND NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM
CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
AT 444 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MIDLAND.

&&

LAT...LON 3014 10384 3037 10358 3034 10345 3001 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 030DEG 29KT 3028 10356

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster26 min
Jun 30, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster35 min
Jun 30, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCochran35 min
Jul 1, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF52 min
Jul 1, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF50 min
Jul 1, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF46 min
Jul 1, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio38 min
Jul 1, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis47 min
Jul 1, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves59 min
Jul 1, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF28 min
Jul 1, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio27 min
Jul 1, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson45 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves42 min
Jul 1, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio32 min
Jul 1, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis49 min
Jun 30, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea36 min
Jun 30, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea50 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.