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Dust Storm Advisory 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this dust storm advisory at Apr 9, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas; Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this dust storm advisory 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 dust storm advisory went out at Apr 9, 2:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 2:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 1:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 145 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-101845- Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains- Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines- Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 145 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021 /1245 PM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Widespread critical fire weather conditions with extreme fire danger across Southeast New Mexico and West Texas this afternoon into this evening. A Red Flag Warning is in effect. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Fire weather concerns will continue through the weekend as dry conditions continue. Near critical to critical conditions will be possible across the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains both Saturday and Sunday. Elevated to near critical fire weather will be possible in far West Texas and the Southeast New Mexico plains on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state and CDC guidelines. This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories, and statements issued by the National Weather Service Office in Midland, can be found on the internet at... https://weather.gov/midland
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:06 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Dust Storm Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 4 more | 47 min |
Nearby
Dust Storm Advisories in Texas, 2021Dust Storm Advisories in New Mexico, 2021Every dust storm advisory in 2021
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.