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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 4:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Ashmore, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
005
WUUS54 KMAF 182115
SVRMAF
TXC165-182200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0103.210518T2115Z-210518T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
415 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Gaines County in western Texas...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 415 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Seagraves Airport, or 9 miles east of Seagraves, moving northeast
at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Loop.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3286 10221 3286 10241 3296 10246 3296 10221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 239DEG 12KT 3296 10240
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
891 follow-up statement
196
WWUS54 KMAF 182139
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
439 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021
TXC165-182200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0103.000000T0000Z-210518T2200Z/
Gaines TX-
439 PM CDT Tue May 18 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY...
At 439 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Welch, or 15 miles south of Brownfield, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Gaines County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3286 10221 3286 10238 3296 10242 3296 10221
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 256DEG 13KT 3295 10227
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
89The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 51 min |
| May 17, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 64 min |
| May 17, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 62 min |
| May 17, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 62 min |
| May 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| May 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 45 min |
| May 17, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 20 min |
| May 17, 8:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
| May 17, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 46 min |
| May 17, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 43 min |
| May 17, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Glasscock, Howard and 6 more | 13 hr |
| May 18, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 37 min |
| May 18, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 40 min |
| May 18, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Midland, Upton | 62 min |
| May 18, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 40 min |
| May 18, 2:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 18, 2:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Upton, Ward | 3 hr |
| May 18, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 60 min |
| May 18, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland and 2 more | 62 min |
| May 18, 3:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Glasscock, Midland, Upton | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Scurry | 46 min |
| May 18, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 31 min |
| May 18, 3:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 18, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin | 46 min |
| May 18, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Reagan, Upton | 67 min |
| May 18, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Scurry | 44 min |
| May 18, 4:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 44 min |
| May 18, 4:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 47 min |
| May 18, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 41 min |
| May 18, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 39 min |
| May 18, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 39 min |
| May 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 46 min |
| May 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 43 min |
| May 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 46 min |
| May 18, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 47 min |
| May 18, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 49 min |
| May 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 43 min |
| May 18, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 47 min |
| May 18, 6:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.