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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 19, 2015Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2015, 7:26 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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: May 19, 2015, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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: 1150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1695 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 4.6

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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 May 19, 6:31 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:31 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 2:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
208 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-201915-
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-
208 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015 /108 PM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A HOBBS...TO FORT STOCKTON...TO BIG BEND
LINE.  ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  SOME STORMS WILL
BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  A TORNADO OR
TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.  HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE SLOWER STORMS
WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR MUCH
OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.  SOME OF THE STORMS
WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PERMIAN
BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS.

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 5:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
511 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

TXZ082-192315-
TERRELL-
511 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
AFFECTING TERRELL COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTH OF DRYDEN AT 512 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2981 10198 2979 10198 2980 10203 2978 10205
      2980 10216 2984 10219 2984 10223 2988 10232
      3058 10233 3052 10167 3046 10169 3042 10174
      3040 10170 3033 10172 3029 10175 3021 10175
      2980 10185 2979 10187 2978 10193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 201DEG 26KT 2998 10213

Local storm report, May 19, 5:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
517 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

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

0508 PM     HAIL             27 SW IRAAN             30.64N 102.22W
05/19/2015  E3.00 INCH       PECOS              TX   STORM CHASER

&&

CMR

Local storm report, May 19, 5:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
518 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

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

0507 PM     TORNADO          30 W SHEFFIELD          30.69N 102.32W
05/19/2015                   PECOS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NEAR FM 2886 AND HARRAL ROAD. TOUCHED DOWN AT 507 PM AND
            LIFTED AT 509 PM.

&&

HENNIG

Special weather statement, May 19, 5:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
519 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

TXZ046-047-192315-
DAWSON-BORDEN-
519 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
AFFECTING EASTERN DAWSON AND NORTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTIES UNTIL 615
PM CDT...

A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER KEY
AT 519 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3253 10176 3253 10211 3297 10191 3296 10136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 210DEG 20KT 3275 10181

Local storm report, May 19, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
526 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

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

0518 PM     HAIL             11 SSW BAKERSFIELD      30.74N 102.37W
05/19/2015  E2.75 INCH       PECOS              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BASEBALL HAIL ON THE GROUND HAVING RECENTLY FALLEN.

&&

HENNIG

Local storm report, May 19, 6:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
608 PM CDT TUE MAY 19 2015

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

0508 PM     TORNADO          30 SE FORT STOCKTON     30.58N 102.53W
05/19/2015                   PECOS              TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND FOR 1 MINUTE.

&&

CMR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Terrell	45 min
May 19, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	64 min
May 19, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	63 min
May 20, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	41 min
May 20, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	38 min
May 20, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	45 min
May 20, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	59 min
May 20, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	24 min
May 20, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	48 min
May 20, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	42 min
May 20, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	42 min
May 20, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	44 min
May 20, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	61 min
May 20, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	48 min
May 20, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	63 min
May 20, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	27 min
May 20, 5:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	24 min
May 20, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	24 min
May 20, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	31 min
May 20, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	43 min
May 20, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	26 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.