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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 1, 2024Andrews County, Martin County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2024, 1:29 AM CDT for Andrews County, Martin County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 1, 2024, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2024, 2:19 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Andrews County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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 31, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 345 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: 719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.9

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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 1, 12:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 10:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 11:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:37 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:03 AM CDT, 26 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 31, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Cochran	39 min
May 31, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	33 min
May 31, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		32 min
May 31, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	53 min
May 31, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	42 min
May 31, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	60 min
May 31, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	43 min
May 31, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Gaines	59 min
May 31, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Gaines	66 min
May 31, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	41 min
May 31, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	61 min
Jun 1, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Martin	67 min
Jun 1, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	49 min
Jun 1, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	62 min
Jun 1, 12:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden, Howard, Scurry	48 min
Jun 1, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector, Glasscock, Midland, Winkler	42 min
Jun 1, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Midland	36 min
Jun 1, 2:01 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves	31 hr
Jun 1, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	33 min
Jun 1, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves	53 min
Jun 1, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	47 min
Jun 1, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	40 min
Jun 1, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Jeff Davis, Presidio	17 min
Jun 1, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Culberson	49 min
Jun 1, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Pecos	47 min
Jun 1, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	43 min
Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	51 min
Jun 1, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	16 min
Jun 1, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	44 min
Jun 1, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis	24 min
Jun 1, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Reeves	49 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	46 min
Jun 1, 6:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	3 hr
Jun 1, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	52 min
Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves	29 min
Jun 1, 6:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves	3 hr
Jun 1, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	26 min
Jun 1, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	57 min
Jun 1, 6:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Reeves	45 min
Jun 1, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	32 min
May 31, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	55 min
May 31, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Lea	61 min
May 31, 10:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Lea	3 hr
May 31, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.