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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 30, 2019Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2019, 8:36 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 30, 2019, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2019, 9:14 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Brewster County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 2:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 2182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 2.0

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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 30, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
301 PM CDT Thu May 30 2019

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-312015-
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-
301 PM CDT Thu May 30 2019 /201 PM MDT Thu May 30 2019/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon through tonight. Any storm
will be capable of producing frequent lightning, hail, gusty winds,
and brief, heavy rainfall. Some storms could become strong to severe
with large hail and damaging winds the primary concern.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT..

Spotter activation is possible.

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 30, 6:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 7:57 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 8:32 PM CDT, 4 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 30, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	55 min
May 30, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	31 min
May 30, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	48 min
May 30, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	43 min
May 31, 1:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Scurry	2 hr
May 31, 2:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Scurry	2 hr
May 31, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	39 min
May 31, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	30 min
May 31, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	29 min
May 31, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		36 min
May 31, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	47 min
May 31, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	24 min
May 31, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	63 min
May 31, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	45 min
May 31, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	24 min
May 31, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	60 min
May 31, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	59 min
May 31, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	26 min
May 31, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	62 min
May 31, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio	65 min
May 31, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	28 min
May 31, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	58 min
May 31, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	26 min
May 31, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		23 min
May 31, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	50 min
May 31, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	59 min
May 31, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		13 min
May 31, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		41 min
May 31, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	49 min
May 31, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	46 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.