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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 18, 20195 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2019, 1:59 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 61 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 18, 2019, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Andrews County, TX, Ector County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 25 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: 706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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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 18, 12:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 12:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 1:13 PM CDT, 12 hours 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
113 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-181815-
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-Loving-Winkler-
Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell-
Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County-
Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains-
Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin-
Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County-
113 PM CDT Fri May 17 2019 /1213 PM MDT Fri May 17 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New
Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon, but
especially tonight across portions of the Permian Basin and the
Lower Trans Pecos/Stockton Plateau. All severe weather hazards will
be possible, including large to very large hail, damaging winds,
frequent lightning, heavy rainfall,and a few tornadoes.

A High Wind Warning is in effect for the Guadalupe and Delaware
Mountains through early this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

There is an increased probability of severe thunderstorms Monday and
Monday evening across the central and eastern Permian Basin.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be necessary late this afternoon into
tonight.

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...
https://weather.gov/midland

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 8:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 12:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 12:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 18, 1:43 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	48 min
May 17, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	42 min
May 17, 7:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	18 min
May 17, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	51 min
May 18, 12:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	52 min
May 18, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	47 min
May 18, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	34 min
May 18, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	39 min
May 18, 2:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reagan	3 hr
May 18, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Martin	64 min
May 18, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	59 min
May 18, 3:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	41 min
May 18, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry	61 min
May 18, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	45 min
May 18, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	45 min
May 18, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	63 min
May 18, 5:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Scurry	3 hr
May 18, 6:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell	112 min
May 18, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	42 min
May 18, 10:57 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF	Culberson	8 hr
May 18, 2:45 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves	37 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.