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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 228
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 29, 2016, 2:57 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2016, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 3 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 65 kt
All 30 counties
Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 50%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 61 min |
| May 29, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 9 min |
| May 29, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 22 min |
| May 29, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 55 min |
| May 29, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 39 min |
| May 29, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 61 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 11:48 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Curry, Quay, Roosevelt | 117 min |
| May 29, 12:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 29, 1:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Eddy, Lea | 2 hr |
| May 28, 9:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Bandera, Baylor, Bexar, Blanco, Borden and 57 more | 60 min |
| May 29, 6:52 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hemphill and 5 more | 2 hr |
| May 29, 3:56 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hood and 14 more | 94 min |
| May 29, 4:21 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Foard, Hall, Haskell and 10 more | 114 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.