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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 31, 2019Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2019, 6:56 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 31, 2019, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Jeff Davis County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 31, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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: 497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.7

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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 31, 6:17 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:17 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 2:34 AM CDT, 16 hours 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
234 AM CDT Fri May 31 2019

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-010745-
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-
234 AM CDT Fri May 31 2019 /134 AM MDT Fri May 31 2019/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Thunderstorms will be possible today and tonight. Any storms that do
develop will be accompanied by frequent lightning, small hail, gusty
winds, and locally heavy rainfall. There is a slight risk of severe
storms, capable of producing large hail, damaging winds, and an
isolated tornado.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

There is a marginal risk of severe storms Saturday and Sunday,
capable of producing large hail and damaging winds.

.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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 6:19 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 6:22 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 6:25 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 6:44 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 6:47 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 6:49 PM CDT, 7 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 30, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	38 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, 6:59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.