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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 22, 2019Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2019, 6:38 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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: Apr 22, 2019, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 22, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -532 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1875 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 22, 1:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 1:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 1:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
150 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2019

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-231900-
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-
150 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2019 /1250 PM MDT Mon Apr 22 2019/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

There is a marginal to slight risk of severe thunderstorms late this
afternoon into tonight from southeastern New Mexico and the Upper
Trans Pecos into the Permian Basin. Large hail and strong winds will
be the main threats though an isolated tornado will also be
possible. Heavy rain in any storms will also create a localized flash
flood threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

There is a marginal to slight risk of severe thunderstorms on Tuesday
for southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Large hail and strong winds will
be the main threats though an isolated tornado will also be possible.
Heavy rain in any storms will also create a localized flash flood
threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible this evening 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, Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
616 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2019

TXZ045-222345-
Gaines TX-
616 PM CDT Mon Apr 22 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY UNTIL 645
PM CDT...

At 615 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Gaines County Airport, or near Seminole, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Seminole, Seagraves, Gaines County Airport, Loop, Gaines County Park
and McKenzie Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3253 10270 3267 10280 3294 10277 3294 10241
      3277 10234 3258 10228
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 240DEG 49KT 3264 10266

12

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	29 min
Apr 22, 6:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Apr 22, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Gaines	52 min
Apr 22, 6:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Gaines	2 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.