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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 2019Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2019, 6:44 PM CDT for Pecos County, 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 24, 2019, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2285 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.8

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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 24, 6:36 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:36 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 2:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
206 PM CDT Fri May 24 2019

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-251915-
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-
206 PM CDT Fri May 24 2019 /106 PM MDT Fri May 24 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 possible this afternoon and
tonight across the Permian Basin... Trans Pecos... and portions of
Southeast New Mexico. Some of these storms could produce large
hail... damaging wind... and a few tornadoes. Locally heavy rain
will also be possible which could result in flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Severe thunderstorms are possible again Saturday and Sunday. Large
hail and damaging wind will be the main concern.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening
primarily along and east of a Hobbs to Fort Stockton line.

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 24, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
448 PM CDT Fri May 24 2019

TXZ075-242230-
Pecos TX-
448 PM CDT Fri May 24 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM
CDT...

At 448 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles southeast of Fort Stockton, moving northeast at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Sierra Madera.

LAT...LON 3050 10291 3067 10301 3089 10278 3063 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 243DEG 15KT 3071 10275

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Special weather statement, May 24, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 24, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 24, 5:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum31 min
May 23, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCochran15 min
May 24, 4:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum51 min
May 24, 1:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos42 min
May 24, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos62 min
May 24, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos64 min
May 24, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos37 min
May 24, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell40 min
May 24, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
May 24, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell63 min
May 24, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell36 min
May 24, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell44 min
May 24, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos67 min
May 24, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos36 min
May 24, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos42 min
May 24, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 24, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos39 min
May 24, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell42 min
May 24, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton41 min
May 24, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton27 min
May 24, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
May 24, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos45 min
May 24, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton13 min
May 23, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea57 min
May 23, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea43 min

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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.