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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 3, 2025Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 3, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2025, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jeff Davis County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 May 3, 2:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:17 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 5:06 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
506 PM CDT Sat May 3 2025

TXZ277-278-032245-
Davis Mountains TX-Davis Mountains Foothills TX-
506 PM CDT Sat May 3 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN REEVES AND CENTRAL
JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT...

At 505 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles south of Kent, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Buffalo Trail Scout Camp.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3094 10427 3101 10388 3095 10385 3071 10386
      3078 10427
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 273DEG 8KT 3087 10414

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis39 min
May 3, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis48 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.