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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, 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, 6:14 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 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), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

680 
WUUS54 KMAF 232314
SVRMAF
TXC043-243-371-240000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0128.210523T2314Z-210524T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
614 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...
  North central Brewster County in southwestern Texas...
  East central Jeff Davis County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 613 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 28 miles southwest
  of Fort Stockton, moving southeast 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Pecos, north central Brewster and east central Jeff
  Davis Counties and may cross U.S. HWY 67.

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 3089 10333 3058 10296 3038 10352 3071 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 320DEG 14KT 3069 10331 

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

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1 follow-up statement

463 
WWUS54 KMAF 232344
SVSMAF

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

TXC043-243-371-240000-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-210524T0000Z/
Pecos TX-Brewster TX-Jeff Davis TX-
644 PM CDT Sun May 23 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS...NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND EAST CENTRAL JEFF
DAVIS COUNTIES...

At 643 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 25 miles north of
Marathon, or 27 miles northeast of Alpine, moving southeast 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west
central Pecos, north central Brewster and east central Jeff Davis
Counties.

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 3058 10296 3038 10352 3063 10367 3080 10322
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 337DEG 13KT 3058 10327 

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, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	45 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.