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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 19, 2021Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2021, 6:05 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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: May 19, 2021, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ector County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 25 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 9.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

018 
WUUS54 KMAF 192305
SVRMAF
TXC135-192345-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0121.210519T2305Z-210519T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
605 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Ector County in western Texas...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 605 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
  Goldsmith, or 9 miles northwest of Odessa, moving south at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Odessa, West Odessa and Odessa Schlemeyer Field. 

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 104 and 121.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash 
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 10244 3177 10259 3203 10253 3204 10238
      3183 10228 3175 10229
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 349DEG 16KT 3197 10247 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

89

1 follow-up statement

616 
WWUS54 KMAF 192322
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
622 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021

TXC135-192345-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-210519T2345Z/
Ector TX-
622 PM CDT Wed May 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY...

At 621 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Odessa, or
7 miles west of Odessa, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Odessa, West Odessa and Odessa Schlemeyer Field. 

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 104 and 121.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 10244 3177 10259 3200 10254 3201 10237
      3183 10228 3175 10229
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 008DEG 16KT 3191 10247 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

89

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson	51 min
May 18, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	38 min
May 18, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Scurry	51 min
May 18, 8:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson	2 hr
May 18, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	46 min
May 18, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	52 min
May 18, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden, Mitchell, Scurry	32 min
May 18, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	67 min
May 18, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	42 min
May 18, 9:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	50 min
May 19, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	40 min
May 19, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	55 min
May 19, 5:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard	53 min
May 19, 6:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	53 min
May 19, 7:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	48 min
May 19, 7:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard	116 min
May 19, 7:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	115 min
May 19, 8:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	43 min
May 19, 8:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin	27 min
May 19, 8:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Martin	118 min
May 19, 8:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson, Martin	60 min
May 19, 9:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden	119 min
May 19, 9:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard	58 min
May 19, 9:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard, Martin	2 hr
May 19, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	44 min
May 19, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	39 min
May 19, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	52 min
May 19, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	48 min
May 19, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	39 min
May 19, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	49 min
May 19, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	48 min
May 19, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	46 min
May 19, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	44 min
May 19, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	42 min
May 19, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton	39 min
May 19, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	45 min
May 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland	40 min
May 19, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	52 min
May 19, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	66 min
May 19, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane, Ector	45 min
May 19, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Midland	48 min
May 19, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		45 min
May 19, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	43 min
May 19, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	49 min
May 19, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	40 min
May 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	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.