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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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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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
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 39 min |
| May 3, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 48 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.