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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 15, 2019Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2019, 6:38 PM CDT for Terrell 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: Jun 15, 2019, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 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 Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -518 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 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 Jun 15, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
358 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-162100-
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-
358 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019 /258 PM MDT Sat Jun 15 2019/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10 PM CDT for Borden,
Dawson, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, and Scurry Counties.

Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening.  Any storms
that do develop will be accompanied by frequent lightning, small
hail, gusty winds, and brief, heavy rainfall. There is a slight risk
of severe storms, capable of producing damaging winds and large
hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

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, Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
457 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019

TXZ075-152245-
Pecos TX-
457 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM CDT...

At 457 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 23
miles southwest of McCamey, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bakersfield.

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 282 and 310.

LAT...LON 3068 10200 3064 10248 3085 10254 3106 10233
      3103 10229 3104 10226 3104 10223 3103 10220
      3100 10219 3101 10218 3100 10214 3100 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 234DEG 22KT 3083 10241

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:55 PM CDT, 43 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
Jun 14, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	41 min
Jun 14, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	53 min
Jun 14, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	46 min
Jun 14, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	48 min
Jun 14, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	52 min
Jun 14, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	55 min
Jun 14, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	50 min
Jun 14, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		45 min
Jun 15, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	48 min
Jun 15, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	30 min
Jun 15, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	50 min

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.