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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2021, 5:48 PM CST for Borden County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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 13, 2021, 5:48 PM CST (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2021, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Borden County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
103
WUUS54 KMAF 132348
SVRMAF
TXC033-415-140030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0011.210313T2348Z-210314T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
548 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Scurry County in western Texas...
Southeastern Borden County in western Texas...
* Until 630 PM CST.
* At 548 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest
of J B Thomas Reservoir, or 12 miles southeast of Gail, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Fluvanna and Randalls Corner.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for western
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3258 10126 3268 10137 3297 10114 3297 10095
3284 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 227DEG 27KT 3270 10125
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
291 follow-up statement
855
WWUS54 KMAF 132359
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
559 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021
TXC033-415-140030-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210314T0030Z/
Scurry TX-Borden TX-
559 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN SCURRY AND EAST CENTRAL BORDEN COUNTIES...
At 559 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
Fluvanna, or 15 miles west of Snyder, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Fluvanna and Randalls Corner.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for western
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3267 10115 3278 10126 3296 10110 3297 10095
3284 10083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 227DEG 27KT 3276 10118
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:41 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:41 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves | 16 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:27 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane, Ector | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 3:39 PM CST | Dust Storm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Ector, Martin, Midland, Upton | 51 min |
| Mar 13, 3:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 3:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Upton | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 4:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Reagan, Upton | 49 min |
| Mar 13, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 38 min |
| Mar 13, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 5:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 44 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.