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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 14, 2023Andrews County, Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2023, 11:57 PM CDT for Andrews County, Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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 14, 2023, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2023, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Andrews County, TX, Ector County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 359 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: 180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1344 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 14, 7:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 7:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 11:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 57 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1100 AM CDT Thu Sep 14 2023

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-151600-
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-
1100 AM CDT Thu Sep 14 2023 /1000 AM MDT Thu Sep 14 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

There is a marginal risk of severe storms mid-afternoon and evening,
mainly along and east of the Pecos.  Any severe storms that do
develop will be accompanied by damaging winds and large hail. Heavy
rainfall may also result in flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There is a marginal risk of severe storms mid-afternoon and evening
Friday, mainly east of the mountains.  Any severe storms that do
develop will be accompanied by damaging winds and large hail. Heavy
rainfall may also result in flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather
conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.

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, Sep 14, 7:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 10:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 11:08 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 11:41 PM CDT, 16 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 14, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Cochran	40 min
Sep 14, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	39 min
Sep 14, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	52 min
Sep 14, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	49 min
Sep 15, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	42 min
Sep 15, 4:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	45 min
Sep 15, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		44 min
Sep 15, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		50 min
Sep 15, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	43 min
Sep 15, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	59 min
Sep 15, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	33 min
Sep 15, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	47 min
Sep 15, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	40 min
Sep 15, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	66 min
Sep 15, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	42 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.