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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2020Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2020, 6:53 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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 23, 2020, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2020, 7:20 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 23, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 23, 6:23 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:23 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 1:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 6:26 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 6:28 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 6:34 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 6:35 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 6:40 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 23, 6:44 PM CDT, 9 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 22, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	35 min
May 22, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	30 min
May 22, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	42 min
May 22, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	29 min
May 23, 4:26 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Culberson	17 hr
May 23, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		48 min
May 23, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		47 min
May 23, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	58 min
May 23, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	32 min
May 23, 2:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
May 23, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	63 min
May 23, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	60 min
May 23, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	40 min
May 23, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	34 min
May 23, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson	45 min
May 23, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	24 min
May 23, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	65 min
May 23, 3:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
May 23, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Terrell	19 min
May 23, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	30 min
May 23, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	27 min
May 23, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	50 min
May 23, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	63 min
May 23, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	32 min
May 23, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson	55 min
May 23, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Martin	42 min
May 23, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden	38 min
May 23, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	62 min
May 23, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		60 min
May 23, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	47 min
May 23, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson	33 min
May 23, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	47 min
May 23, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	41 min
May 23, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	46 min
May 23, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.