Alert archive / Texas / Freeze Warnings in 2021
Freeze Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this freeze warning at Nov 18, 2021, 2:49 PM CST for Ector County, Midland County, Ward County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 19, 2021, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2021, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 19, 2021, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 19, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 2680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
687 WWUS74 KMAF 182049 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 249 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 TXZ061-062-190900- /O.NEW.KMAF.FZ.W.0008.211119T0900Z-211119T1500Z/ Ector-Midland- Including the cities of Odessa and Midland 249 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected. * WHERE...Ector and Midland Counties. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CST Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
2 follow-up statements
925 WWUS74 KMAF 190028 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 628 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 TXZ272-275-276-191000- /O.NEW.KMAF.HZ.W.0002.211119T0900Z-211119T1500Z/ Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau- Including the cities of Van Horn and Marfa 628 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor and Marfa Plateau, and Chinati Mountains. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CST Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ TXZ067-191000- /O.EXA.KMAF.FZ.W.0008.211119T0900Z-211119T1500Z/ Ward- Including the city of Monahans 628 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. * WHERE...Ward County. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CST Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ TXZ061-062-191000- /O.CON.KMAF.FZ.W.0008.211119T0900Z-211119T1500Z/ Ector-Midland- Including the cities of Odessa and Midland 628 PM CST Thu Nov 18 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected. * WHERE...Ector and Midland Counties. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CST Friday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
533 WWUS74 KMAF 190854 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 254 AM CST Fri Nov 19 2021 TXZ272-275-276-191500- /O.CON.KMAF.HZ.W.0002.211119T0900Z-211119T1500Z/ Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau- Including the cities of Van Horn and Marfa 254 AM CST Fri Nov 19 2021 ...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. * WHERE...Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor and Marfa Plateau, and Chinati Mountains. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CST today. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ TXZ061-062-067-191500- /O.CON.KMAF.FZ.W.0008.211119T0900Z-211119T1500Z/ Ector-Midland-Ward- Including the cities of Odessa, Midland, and Monahans 254 AM CST Fri Nov 19 2021 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. * WHERE...Ward County. * WHEN...From 3 AM to 9 AM CST today. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above- ground pipes to protect them from freezing. && $$ For more information from the National Weather Service visit https://weather.gov/maf
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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.