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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 2025Borden County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2025, 6:43 PM CDT for Borden County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 25, 2025, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2025, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Borden County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 778 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -368 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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 25, 6:19 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 6:19 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 4:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
426 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025

TXZ047-048-252215-
Scurry TX-Borden TX-
426 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN SCURRY AND EASTERN
BORDEN COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM CDT...

At 426 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
J B Thomas Reservoir, or 15 miles southeast of Gail, moving north at
20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Fluvanna, J B Thomas Reservoir, and Knapp.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3253 10113 3255 10143 3296 10141 3296 10117
      3297 10105 3297 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 191DEG 15KT 3260 10128

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 25, 5:49 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
549 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025

TXZ052-063-252330-
Glasscock TX-Howard TX-
549 PM CDT Sun May 25 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL GLASSCOCK AND SOUTHERN
HOWARD COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM CDT...

At 549 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 7 miles southwest of Garden City, moving north at 35
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Big Spring, Garden City, Coahoma, Forsan, Sand Springs, Lomax, Big
Spring Country Club, Big Spring McMahon-Wrinkle Airpark, Saint
Lawrence, and Elbow.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 167 and 195.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3165 10147 3170 10164 3225 10165 3236 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 200DEG 31KT 3177 10153

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, May 25, 6:19 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 6:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 6:23 PM CDT, 20 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 24, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Martin	45 min
May 24, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin	44 min
May 24, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Ward	38 min
May 24, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler	47 min
May 24, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Dawson	50 min
May 24, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward	21 min
May 24, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	43 min
May 24, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	47 min
May 24, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland	45 min
May 24, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland	30 min
May 24, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin	51 min
May 24, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland	27 min
May 25, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	49 min
May 25, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	41 min
May 25, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard	57 min
May 25, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard	54 min
May 25, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Terrell	52 min
May 25, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell	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.