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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 15, 2023Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 2023, 4:31 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 15, 2023, 4:31 PM CDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2023, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 15, 3:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 3:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 15, 2:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 15, 1:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 15, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 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 14, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector	48 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, 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

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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.