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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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 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 72
Special weather statement, May 24, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 23, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Yoakum | 31 min |
| May 23, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Cochran | 15 min |
| May 24, 4:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Yoakum | 51 min |
| May 24, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 42 min |
| May 24, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 62 min |
| May 24, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 64 min |
| May 24, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 37 min |
| May 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 40 min |
| May 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| May 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 63 min |
| May 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 36 min |
| May 24, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 44 min |
| May 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 67 min |
| May 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 36 min |
| May 24, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 42 min |
| May 24, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 39 min |
| May 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 42 min |
| May 24, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 41 min |
| May 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 27 min |
| May 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
| May 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 45 min |
| May 24, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 13 min |
| May 23, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 57 min |
| May 23, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 43 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.