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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 412, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 29, 2019Loving County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2019, 6:21 PM CDT for Loving County, Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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: Sep 29, 2019, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 29, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lea County, NM, Loving County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 Sep 29, 6:11 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 29, 6:11 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 29, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
246 PM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-302000-
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-
246 PM CDT Sun Sep 29 2019 /146 PM MDT Sun Sep 29 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 risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon into
this evening west of a line from Lamesa to Fort Stockton. These
storms may produce large hail and damaging winds. Frequent lightning
and locally heavy rainfall are possible with any storm, along with
localized flooding or flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Thunderstorms remain possible each day through next week. The
strongest storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy
rainfall, along with the potential for flooding or flash flooding.

.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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 29, 4:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 29, 4:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 29, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 29, 5:45 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 29, 5:48 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 29, 6:09 PM CDT, 12 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
Sep 28, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	48 min
Sep 28, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	46 min
Sep 29, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	51 min
Sep 29, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	44 min
Sep 29, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	61 min
Sep 29, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves	59 min
Sep 29, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Reeves	39 min
Sep 29, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	52 min
Sep 29, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Loving, Winkler	66 min
Sep 29, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	42 min
Sep 29, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	51 min
Sep 29, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	50 min
Sep 29, 6:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson, Loving, Reeves	3 hr
Sep 28, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	43 min
Sep 28, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	52 min
Sep 28, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	41 min
Sep 28, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	45 min
Sep 28, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	44 min
Sep 28, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	49 min
Sep 28, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	45 min
Sep 29, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	49 min
Sep 29, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2019 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.