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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2021Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 4:52 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 23, 2021, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 23, 4:58 PM CDT	HAIL 1	13 W Fort Stockton, TX	QUARTER AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED 1 MILE NORTH OF I-10 MILE MARKER 245 WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 947 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

643 
WUUS54 KMAF 232152
SVRMAF
TXC371-232230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0126.210523T2152Z-210523T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
452 PM CDT Sun May 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Pecos County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 451 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of
  Fort Stockton, moving east at 15 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...
  Fort Stockton, Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport and Firestone
  Test Track.

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 229 and 266.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3076 10356 3115 10322 3096 10269 3050 10320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 288DEG 15KT 3094 10311 

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

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1 follow-up statement

265 
WWUS54 KMAF 232217
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
517 PM CDT Sun May 23 2021

TXC371-232230-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-210523T2230Z/
Pecos TX-
517 PM CDT Sun May 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY...

At 516 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of
Fort Stockton, moving southeast at 10 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...
Fort Stockton, Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport and Firestone Test
Track.

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 232 and 266.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3076 10356 3098 10329 3110 10307 3096 10269
      3050 10320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 328DEG 10KT 3087 10311 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	52 min
May 23, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	41 min
May 23, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		42 min
May 23, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	45 min
May 23, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	46 min
May 23, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	47 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves	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.