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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 16, 2016Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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: Sep 16, 2016, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 995 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 8.2

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The text

As transmitted.

324 
WUUS54 KMAF 162243
SVRMAF
TXC043-371-162345-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0221.160916T2243Z-160916T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
543 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2992 10282 3034 10318 3050 10309 3036 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 297DEG 19KT 3039 10306 

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

1 follow-up statement

781 
WWUS54 KMAF 162304
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
604 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

TXC043-371-162345-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-160916T2345Z/
BREWSTER TX-PECOS TX-
604 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...

AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS CROSS US HWY
385.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH
CENTRAL BREWSTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2992 10282 3034 10318 3050 10309 3036 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 301DEG 12KT 3036 10300 

HAIL...1.25IN
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 Sep 16, 1:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 1:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
150 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

.DISCUSSION...
SW flow aloft has been convectively active with a 70kt 3h jet
stretching across the wrn CWFA again today. Meanwhile there is
a surface boundary nearing the nrn CWFA with mostly 60-65 dwpnts
in place. Pre-convective lapse rates are steeper today than
yesterday and along with said moisture this will yield SB CAPES
of 2000-3000 J/KG across much of the area. This with 0-6km bulk
shear of 40kts does support more severe wx today. Our favored
scenario is that the boundary to the n is enhanced/pushed farther
south by convective outflow and will move into the nrn CWFA in
phase with daytime heating and in proximity to the upper jet.
Convergence could increase along the boundary late this
afternoon/early evening when 85h winds increase resulting in the
proliferation of storms INVOF I-20 from Monahans to C. City and
northward. Large hail and strong winds are the main concerns, but
with the boundary a brief spin-up cannot be ruled out (NAM12 0-3km
SRH 276 m2/s2). More of the same is possible Saturday as the main
3h jet kicks out with much of the PB within the left rear quadrant
of said jet. Locally heavy rain will be possible today and
Saturday. Parts of SE NM and the northern tier of the CWFA will be
most susceptible to flooding or flash flooding with precipitable
water from 1-1.5 standard deviations above normal and recent
rainfall. A few -SHRA/-TSRA will be possible across the Trans
Pecos Mtns Sunday, but the main theme will be the resurgence of
the mid level ridge Sunday/Monday and the return of above normal
temps and dry conditions. Mid level flow will be favored to be
from the SE Tue/Wed so temps will cool a few degrees at least
across the PB, not so much farther w.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Big Spring                     68  89  70  93 /  60  30  30  10
Carlsbad                       64  88  65  92 /  20  30  30  10
Dryden                         72  94  72  94 /  20  20  10  10
Fort Stockton                  69  92  70  94 /  30  30  30  10
Guadalupe Pass                 63  82  64  85 /  20  20  30  10
Hobbs                          63  83  64  88 /  40  40  40  10
Marfa                          61  85  62  85 /  30  30  30  20
Midland Intl Airport           68  90  69  93 /  40  30  30  10
Odessa                         68  89  70  92 /  40  40  30  10
Wink                           68  92  69  94 /  30  40  30  10

&&

.MAF Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NM...None.
TX...None.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 1:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
138 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-171845-
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-
138 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016 /1238 PM MDT FRI SEP 16 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING
CONCERNS...PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS ANY LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED RECENT RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
THE PERMIAN BASIN SATURDAY. STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN.

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

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
431 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

TXZ047-052-162215-
HOWARD TX-BORDEN TX-
431 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BORDEN AND
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 431 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
VEALMOOR...OR 7 MILES EAST OF ACKERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GAIL AND VEALMOOR.

LAT...LON 3242 10152 3249 10169 3256 10169 3284 10158
      3272 10129
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 205DEG 15KT 3253 10158

80

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:53 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
453 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

TXZ074-075-162230-
PECOS TX-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX-
453 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER...EAST
CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM
CDT...

AT 452 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
ANY OF THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELDING...HOVEY AND SIERRA MADERA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3040 10346 3070 10357 3085 10276 3046 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 254DEG 13KT 3065 10335

67

Local storm report, Sep 16, 5:05 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
505 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

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

0455 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SW SNYDER             32.70N 100.93W
09/16/2016  M61.00 MPH       SCURRY             TX   AWOS

0500 PM     HAIL             SNYDER                  32.71N 100.92W
09/16/2016  E1.75 INCH       SCURRY             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF DOLLAR TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IN SNYDER.

&&

AKL

Local storm report, Sep 16, 5:12 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
512 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

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

0455 PM     HAIL             1 W SNYDER              32.71N 100.93W
09/16/2016  E1.00 INCH       SCURRY             TX   PUBLIC

&&

CMR

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 5:14 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
514 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

TXZ067-075-162300-
WARD TX-PECOS TX-
514 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND
SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 514 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR COYANOSA...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANDFALLS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3151 10288 3141 10277 3129 10276 3115 10301
      3125 10310
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 220DEG 22KT 3122 10300

67

Local storm report, Sep 16, 5:18 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
518 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

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

0501 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SSW SNYDER            32.67N 100.93W
09/16/2016  M81.00 MPH       SCURRY             TX   MESONET

0505 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E SNYDER              32.71N 100.86W
09/16/2016  M69.00 MPH       SCURRY             TX   MESONET

&&

AKL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis	61 min
Sep 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Reeves	24 min
Sep 15, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	58 min
Sep 15, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		54 min
Sep 15, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	62 min
Sep 15, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	38 min
Sep 16, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	23 min
Sep 16, 12:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Sep 16, 1:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson	4 hr
Sep 16, 1:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Scurry	4 hr
Sep 16, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	34 min
Sep 16, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	44 min
Sep 16, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson	53 min
Sep 16, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	31 min
Sep 16, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	65 min
Sep 16, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	67 min
Sep 16, 4:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	3 hr
Sep 16, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	46 min
Sep 16, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	44 min
Sep 16, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	62 min
Sep 16, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	37 min
Sep 16, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	46 min
Sep 16, 5:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Scurry	3 hr
Sep 16, 5:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard	3 hr
Sep 16, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Ward	52 min
Sep 16, 5:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Mitchell	3 hr
Sep 16, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	39 min
Sep 16, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	41 min
Sep 16, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	38 min
Sep 16, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		51 min
Sep 16, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	49 min
Sep 16, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	49 min
Sep 16, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	46 min
Sep 16, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	53 min
Sep 16, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	29 min
Sep 16, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	39 min
Sep 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	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.