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Dust Storm Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this dust storm warning at Mar 22, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Borden County, TX, Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 2018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
509
WWUS54 KMAF 222324
DSWMAF
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
624 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021
TXC033-227-335-415-230000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.DS.W.0003.210322T2324Z-210323T0000Z/
Mitchell TX-Scurry TX-Borden TX-Howard TX-
624 PM CDT Mon Mar 22 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Mitchell County in western Texas...
Scurry County in western Texas...
Eastern Borden County in western Texas...
Howard County in western Texas...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 624 PM CDT, a dust channel was over Champion Creek Reservoir, or
7 miles south of Colorado City, moving southeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong wind in
excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Doppler radar.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 169 and 228.
Locations impacted include...
Big Spring, Snyder, Colorado City, Gail, Coahoma, Loraine, Forsan,
Sand Springs, Lomax, Lake Colorado City, Lake Colorado City State
Park, Inadale, Luther, Fluvanna, Colorado City Airport, J B Thomas
Reservoir, Champion Creek Reservoir, Westbrook, Cuthbert and Dunn.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your
foot off the brake.
&&
LAT...LON 3209 10165 3294 10140 3295 10067 3210 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 302DEG 35KT 3229 10089
$$
72The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:58 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Howard and 3 more | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.