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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2021Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 23, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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

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The text

As transmitted.

684 
WUUS54 KMAF 232230
SVRMAF
TXC043-243-371-232315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0127.210523T2230Z-210523T2315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
  Northern Brewster County in southwestern Texas...
  Eastern Jeff Davis County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 529 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles west of Fort Stockton to 32 miles southeast
  of Saragosa 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 and Firestone Test Track. 

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 236 and 257
and U.S. HWY 67. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3072 10366 3088 10342 3098 10313 3085 10281
      3067 10303 3062 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 292DEG 14KT 3089 10300 3076 10321 3069 10351 

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

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1 follow-up statement

640 
WWUS54 KMAF 232259
SVSMAF

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

TXC043-243-371-232315-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0127.000000T0000Z-210523T2315Z/
Pecos TX-Brewster TX-Jeff Davis TX-
559 PM CDT Sun May 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS...NORTHERN BREWSTER AND EASTERN JEFF DAVIS
COUNTIES...

At 559 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles west of Fort Stockton to 33 miles southeast of
Saragosa moving southeast 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.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Pecos, northern Brewster and eastern Jeff Davis
Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3072 10366 3088 10342 3090 10315 3082 10296
      3067 10303 3062 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 295DEG 16KT 3086 10302 3072 10322 3064 10348 

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, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.