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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 2016Borden County, Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2016, 7:37 PM CDT for Borden County, Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 28, 2016, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 28, 8:04 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	11 Nw Gail, TX

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

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 1352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

419 
WUUS54 KMAF 290037
SVRMAF
TXC033-115-290115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0101.160529T0037Z-160529T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
737 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 736 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER MESQUITE...OR 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF GAIL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MESQUITE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 10158 3282 10179 3296 10175 3296 10133
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 232DEG 13KT 3289 10166 

$$

05

3 follow-up statements

082 
WUUS54 KMAF 290044 CCA
SVRMAF
TXC033-115-290115-
/O.COR.KMAF.SV.W.0101.160529T0037Z-160529T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
744 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MESQUITE...OR
  14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MESQUITE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 10158 3282 10179 3296 10175 3296 10133
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 232DEG 13KT 3289 10166 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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154 
WWUS54 KMAF 290102
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
802 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

TXC115-290111-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160529T0115Z/
DAWSON TX-
802 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3279 10160 3282 10166 3296 10166 3296 10133
      3279 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 232DEG 13KT 3295 10157 

$$

TXC033-290115-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160529T0115Z/
BORDEN TX-
802 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTY...

AT 801 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MESQUITE...OR
14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...
MESQUITE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3279 10160 3282 10166 3296 10166 3296 10133
      3279 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 232DEG 13KT 3295 10157 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

05

895 
WWUS54 KMAF 290113
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
813 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

TXC033-290122-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-160529T0115Z/
BORDEN TX-
813 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER HAIL
UP TO NICKEL SIZE IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3279 10160 3282 10166 3296 10166 3296 10133
      3279 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 232DEG 13KT 3295 10157 

$$

05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin	59 min
May 28, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	42 min
May 28, 8:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden	115 min
May 28, 8:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Martin	114 min
May 28, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	44 min
May 28, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Martin	60 min
May 28, 9:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Martin	3 hr
May 28, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	63 min
May 28, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin, Midland	59 min
May 28, 10:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	66 min
May 28, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Scurry	3 hr
May 28, 10:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Scurry	3 hr
May 28, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	36 min
May 29, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	40 min
May 29, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Loving, Reeves	61 min
May 29, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	49 min
May 29, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		41 min
May 29, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		30 min
May 29, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves	22 min
May 29, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	55 min
May 29, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	61 min

Nearby

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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.