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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 2014Pecos County, Reagan County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2014, 4:50 PM CDT for Pecos County, Reagan County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2014, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 24, 5:45 PM CDT	HAIL 1	14 Se Bakersfield, TX	SPOTTER REPORTED PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 55 minutes after it went out.

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 24, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 1629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

510 
WUUS54 KMAF 242150
SVRMAF
TXC371-383-461-242245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0055.140524T2150Z-140524T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
450 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 447 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 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  BAKERSFIELD TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCAMEY TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF   
  BAKERSFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF   
  PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  IRAAN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO 
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3108 10173 3108 10202 3099 10202 3099 10198
      3092 10187 3089 10188 3086 10185 3072 10181
      3063 10246 3104 10226 3104 10221 3100 10214
      3099 10208 3100 10203 3108 10203 3108 10224
      3116 10220 3118 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 276DEG 10KT 3103 10214 3068 10233

$$

1 follow-up statement

984 
WWUS54 KMAF 242211
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
511 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

TXC371-383-461-242245-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-140524T2245Z/
PECOS-REAGAN-UPTON-
511 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN UPTON...SOUTHWESTERN REAGAN AND EAST CENTRAL PECOS
COUNTIES...

AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF IRAAN
TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCAMEY TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...IRAAN AND
IRAAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3108 10173 3108 10202 3099 10202 3099 10198
      3092 10187 3089 10188 3086 10185 3072 10181
      3063 10246 3104 10226 3104 10221 3100 10214
      3099 10208 3100 10203 3108 10203 3108 10224
      3116 10220 3118 10171
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 282DEG 7KT 3099 10204 3070 10235

$$

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 24, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
246 PM CDT Sat May 24 2014

.DISCUSSION...
A bit busy so will keep this short. Not much has changed with the
forecast reasoning tonight into Monday with the deep upper low
over NM/AZ continuing to provide southerly flow and instability
with scattered showers and thunderstorms to much of the CWA. Shear
values are high enough that there will be a tornado threat, but
despite Tornado Watch #181 reaching up in southeastern New Mexico,
the main TOR threat will be along and south of an outflow boundary
currently near the Pecos River. Winds behind this boundary have
been an impressive 20-30kts from the northeast but it should stall
soon and begin to lift north exposing the southern portions of the
watch to the directional shear needed for a tornado threat. The
northern portion of the tornado watch may see more of a severe
threat given the surface cold pool behind the outflow boundary
keeping convection elevated. In addition to the severe threat,
there have been recent rains of 1-3 inches from southeastern New
Mexico across the northern Permian Basin which have moistened the
soil enough to enhance the flash flood threat. By no means is the
drought over, but these rains will make flooding easier in the
northern CWA so areas from Hobbs to Snyder need to be aware for
the potential for flash flooding mainly in urban areas with poor
drainage and low water crossings.

Highest rain chances will be the next 24 hours with the axis of
rain shifting to the east by Monday as the upper low finally
begins to move east into the plains. Increasing upper heights will
allow highs to rise back to near normal but the approaching upper
ridge is not very strong so very seasonal temps can be expected
the remainder of next week. Somewhat unusual for late May, we also
have to keep an eye on the eastern Pacific where a tropical system
is forecast to move north and may make landfall into northern
Mexico the middle of next week. This could spread moisture as far
east as west Texas and bring another chance for rain.

Hennig

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ANDREWS TX                 63  79  63  84  /  70  70  40  30
BIG SPRING TX              65  77  65  81  /  70  70  60  40
CARLSBAD NM                60  84  61  87  /  40  40  20  20
DRYDEN TX                  69  86  68  86  /  40  40  40  40
FORT STOCKTON TX           66  86  65  89  /  40  40  40  30
GUADALUPE PASS TX          55  77  57  82  /  30  30  20  20
HOBBS NM                   60  80  61  81  /  70  60  30  30
MARFA TX                   55  82  54  84  /  30  30  20  20
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    65  79  65  85  /  70  60  50  30
ODESSA TX                  65  80  64  86  /  60  60  50  30
WINK TX                    65  87  65  90  /  60  60  30  30

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Sunday afternoon FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES... Central Lea County...Eddy County Plains...
     Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County...Northern Lea County...
     Southern Lea County.

TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Sunday evening FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES... Andrews...Borden...Crane...Dawson...Ector...
     Gaines...Glasscock...Howard...Loving...Martin...Midland...
     Mitchell...Reagan...Scurry...Upton...Ward...Winkler.

&&

29/10

Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 3:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
309 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-252015-
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-
309 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014 /209 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS
OR LARGER...AND DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN LOW
ROLLING PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN. TORNADO WATCH 181 IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM CDT/9 PM MDT.

HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE
PECOS...INCLUDING ALL EDDY COUNTY...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY OVER ALL OF
WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE
POSSIBLE...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE PECOS...INCLUDING ALL EDDY
COUNTY...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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 24, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
347 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

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

0315 PM     HAIL             1 NW ODESSA             31.86N 102.38W
05/24/2014  E0.75 INCH       ECTOR              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS DIME/PENNY SIZE HAIL AT 22ND AND WEST
            COUNTY ROAD IN ODESSA

&&

MH

Local storm report, May 24, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
348 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

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

0325 PM     HAIL             ODESSA                  31.85N 102.37W
05/24/2014  E0.88 INCH       ECTOR              TX   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT 19TH AND WEST COUNTY
            ROAD

&&

MH

Local storm report, May 24, 3:52 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
352 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

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

0351 PM     HAIL             4 W GARDENDALE          32.02N 102.44W
05/24/2014  E0.75 INCH       ECTOR              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL NEAR GARDENDALE

&&

MH

Local storm report, May 24, 3:58 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
358 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

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

0325 PM     HAIL             9 WSW ODESSA            31.80N 102.51W
05/24/2014  E1.25 INCH       ECTOR              TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS HALF DOLLAR HAIL IN WEST ODESSA

&&

MH

Local storm report, May 24, 4:14 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
414 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

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

0345 PM     HAIL             MIDLAND                 32.00N 102.08W
05/24/2014  E1.00 INCH       MIDLAND            TX   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT HWY 385 AND 158 IN
            MIDLAND

&&

MH

Special weather statement, May 24, 4:21 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
421 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

TXZ082-242145-
TERRELL-
421 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55
MPH WINDS AFFECTING SOUTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 23 MILES SOUTH
OF TERRELL COUNTY AT 421 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS
STORM MAY CROSS U.S.90.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2980 10186 2979 10187 2979 10190 2978 10193
      2980 10194 2979 10196 2981 10198 2979 10198
      2980 10203 2978 10205 2978 10208 2984 10211
      2999 10176 2978 10176 2977 10181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 247DEG 17KT 2979 10197

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	Tornado Warning	MAF	Culberson	23 min
May 23, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	42 min
May 23, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	54 min
May 23, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard	29 min
May 23, 10:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard, Martin, Mitchell	112 min
May 24, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson, Martin	46 min
May 24, 9:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Dawson	3 hr
May 24, 10:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden	3 hr
May 24, 11:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard	3 hr
May 24, 12:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	27 min
May 24, 12:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	3 hr
May 24, 12:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	25 min
May 24, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	27 min
May 24, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	32 min
May 24, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	46 min
May 24, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	40 min
May 24, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	39 min
May 24, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	49 min
May 24, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	43 min
May 24, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane, Upton	42 min
May 24, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	50 min
May 24, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland	63 min
May 24, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Reagan, Upton	58 min
May 24, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	55 min
May 24, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	62 min
May 24, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	64 min
May 24, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	27 min
May 24, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	24 min
May 24, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	47 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	3 hr
May 24, 5:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos	3 hr
May 24, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	54 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	64 min
May 24, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	35 min
May 24, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	61 min
May 24, 6:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reagan	3 hr
May 24, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.