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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2015, 8:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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 25, 2015, 8:06 AM CDT (13:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Glasscock County, TX, Midland County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:06 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 nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1890 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765
WUUS54 KMAF 251306
SVRMAF
TXC173-329-383-461-251400-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0153.150525T1306Z-150525T1400Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
806 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
EASTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 801 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOMAX TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION TO RANKIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL IMPACT FM 33.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARDEN CITY...BIG LAKE...NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION...SAINT
LAWRENCE...LEES...STILES...TEXON...BEST AND REAGAN COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3114 10202 3209 10174 3208 10126 3110 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 1306Z 270DEG 20KT 3204 10156 3149 10163
3121 10192
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS54 KMAF 251334
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
834 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
TXC173-329-383-461-251400-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0153.000000T0000Z-150525T1400Z/
GLASSCOCK TX-MIDLAND TX-REAGAN TX-UPTON TX-
834 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
UPTON...REAGAN...SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND AND GLASSCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL
900 AM CDT...
AT 830 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEES TO NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION
TO TEXON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BIG LAKE...TEXON...STILES...BEST AND REAGAN COUNTY AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3114 10192 3209 10174 3208 10126 3110 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 270DEG 20KT 3204 10138 3154 10157
3121 10174
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$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 25, 6:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 648 AM CDT Mon May 25 2015 .UPDATE... Update to include Severe Thunderstorm Watch number 209. && .DISCUSSION... Thunderstorms have blossomed over the Permian Basin this morning. Due to a compact, but strong shortwave trough moving over the area, decent elevated instability and steep mid level lapse rates, some of the storms are producing large hail. Think storms will move rapidly off to the northeast. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 441 AM CDT Mon May 25 2015/ DISCUSSION...As of 4:30 AM CDT Monday...Complicated forecast for this morning into the early aftn. Water vapor imagery is indc a potent shortwave in Northern Chihuahua rounding the base of the trough in the southern Rockies. IR imagery is indc a baroclinic leaf structure with rapidly cooling cloud tops in Southwest TX. Convection has developed in the Plains north and east of the Davis Mtns and in the Western and Southern Permian Basin. While initially having a hard time getting going has now started to intensify. Even though there is decent low level CIN...latest Mesoscale Analysis is indc good MLCAPE and very steep mid level lapse rates of 8C/KM. KMAF VAD Profile is indc a 40+ kt low level southerly jet as well. The HRRR has been very consistent in developing strong convection and moving it into the Permian Basin and the Low Rolling Plains this morning. The HRRR is indc very impressive rain rates along with training cells. SPC has the Permian Basin and Low Rolling Plains in a slight risk with the main severe threat large hail. This will continue to be monitored thru the morning hours. After passage of the shortwave low amplitude ridging will move over the Southern Plains. This will bring dry weather tonight thru Tuesday night. With H85 temps increasing along with downslope low level winds temps should reach into the 90s across the Plains with 80s in the mtns. Yet another mid/upper low...currently near 28/143...will open into a trough and will move in the subtropical jet to near northern Baja by Wed morning. This will turn the mid/upper flow to southwest and will allow low level moisture to stream into the CWA from the Gulf of Mexico. Impulses moving in the flow aloft... combined with the low level moist flow out of the Gulf of Mexico will bring at least a chance of convection across most of the CWA from Wednesday right thru next weekend as our wet pattern continues. Strobin && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 84 59 90 63 / 30 0 0 10 BIG SPRING TX 86 63 91 68 / 40 10 0 10 CARLSBAD NM 86 53 91 57 / 10 0 0 10 DRYDEN TX 93 63 93 71 / 20 10 10 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 87 60 93 66 / 20 0 0 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 76 57 82 60 / 0 0 0 0 HOBBS NM 82 55 88 60 / 10 10 0 10 MARFA TX 78 43 85 52 / 10 0 0 0 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 86 59 92 66 / 30 10 0 10 ODESSA TX 86 61 92 66 / 30 10 0 10 WINK TX 87 57 95 65 / 20 0 0 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 99/99 Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at: http://facebook.com/NWSMidland http://twitter.com/NWSMidland Check us out on the internet at: http://weather.gov/midland
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 3:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 338 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-260845- 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- 338 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 /238 AM MDT MON MAY 25 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS...MAINLY DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH THE BEST CHANCES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. 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 25, 6:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
616 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0558 AM HAIL MIDLAND 32.00N 102.08W
05/25/2015 E1.00 INCH MIDLAND TX TRAINED SPOTTER
AT INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 20 AND LAMESA
&&
JPLocal storm report, May 25, 6:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
655 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM HAIL BIG SPRING 32.25N 101.48W
05/25/2015 M1.00 INCH HOWARD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JPLocal storm report, May 25, 7:28 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
728 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0611 AM TSTM WND GST 1 SSE LOMAX 32.11N 101.63W
05/25/2015 M62 MPH HOWARD TX MESONET
&&
JPSpecial weather statement, May 25, 7:46 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 746 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 TXZ045>048-050>053-061>063-068>070-251600- GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-ECTOR- MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEMINOLE...LAMESA...GAIL...SNYDER... ANDREWS...STANTON...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...ODESSA... MIDLAND...GARDEN CITY...CRANE...MCCAMEY...RANKIN...BIG LAKE 746 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST TEXAS THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OBSERVED ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS MORNING. ON OCCASION...THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY BRIEFLY REACH THE GROUND AND BECOME A WEAK TORNADO. IF A FUNNEL CLOUD IS OBSERVED...DO NOT PANIC BUT BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AS A PRECAUTION. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE SHORT LIVED BUT COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MINOR DAMAGE AND FLYING DEBRIS IF THEY TOUCH THE GROUND. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE TYPICALLY BRIEF IN NATURE AND ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DETECT ON RADAR. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS THROUGH MOST OF THIS MORNING.
Local storm report, May 25, 8:02 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
802 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 AM HAIL 1 E MIDLAND INTERNATION 31.94N 102.17W
05/25/2015 M1.00 INCH MIDLAND TX NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
JPLocal storm report, May 25, 8:03 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
803 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HAIL 5 N MIDLAND INTERNATION 32.02N 102.19W
05/25/2015 E1.00 INCH MIDLAND TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CMRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 47 min |
| May 25, 5:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 25, 5:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 55 min |
| May 25, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin | 45 min |
| May 25, 6:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Howard, Martin, Midland | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 58 min |
| May 25, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin | 57 min |
| May 25, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 53 min |
| May 25, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 62 min |
| May 25, 7:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 3 hr |
| May 25, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland | 51 min |
| May 25, 8:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 25, 8:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 67 min |
| May 25, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 25, 8:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 25, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 37 min |
| May 25, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell, Reagan | 64 min |
| May 25, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 40 min |
| May 25, 9:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.