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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 18, 2015Pecos County, Reeves County, Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT for Pecos County, Reeves County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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 18, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 18, 7:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Coyanosa, TX
May 18, 7:52 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 E Coyanosa, TX	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.

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

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 18, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

381 
WUUS54 KMAF 190000
SVRMAF
TXC371-389-475-190045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0113.150519T0000Z-150519T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
700 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  EAST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 656 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COYANOSA...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

  HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...SPOTTERS INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COYANOSA...GRANDFALLS AND IMPERIAL RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3164 10347 3163 10279 3100 10278 3117 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 331DEG 13KT 3125 10311

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

STROBIN

1 follow-up statement

595 
WWUS54 KMAF 190021
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
721 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015

TXC371-389-475-190045-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-150519T0045Z/
PECOS TX-WARD TX-REEVES TX-
721 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
REEVES...WARD AND NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COYANOSA...AND
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

HAZARD...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
IMPERIAL RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3164 10347 3163 10279 3100 10278 3117 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 331DEG 13KT 3118 10307

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

STROBIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	47 min
May 18, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	33 min
May 18, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	30 min
May 18, 8:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
May 18, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward	48 min
May 18, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	22 min
May 18, 8:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	4 hr
May 18, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Upton	47 min
May 18, 8:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reeves, Ward	3 hr
May 18, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward	44 min
May 18, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	52 min
May 18, 10:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	3 hr
May 18, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	3 hr
May 18, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	48 min
May 18, 10:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Winkler	10 hr
May 18, 11:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	65 min
May 18, 11:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Upton	3 hr
May 19, 12:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Martin, Midland	3 hr
May 19, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	40 min
May 19, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton	58 min
May 19, 1:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	66 min
May 19, 1:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Midland	3 hr
May 19, 1:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	57 min
May 19, 7:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	52 min
May 19, 7:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	24 min
May 19, 10:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	20 hr
May 19, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	45 min
May 19, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	51 min
May 19, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	61 min
May 19, 3:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	39 min
May 19, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Upton	51 min
May 19, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	55 min
May 19, 4:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	33 min
May 19, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	46 min
May 19, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	64 min
May 19, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	56 min
May 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	62 min
May 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	47 min
May 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	48 min
May 19, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	63 min
May 19, 6:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	3 hr

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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.