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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 2021Brewster County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 4:24 PM CDT for Brewster County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 24, 2021, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brewster County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 222 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1146 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

983 
WUUS54 KMAF 242124
SVRMAF
TXC043-443-242215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0139.210524T2124Z-210524T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
424 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Brewster County in southwestern Texas...
  Southwestern Terrell County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 424 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 22 miles south of
  Sanderson, moving north at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  east central Brewster and southwestern Terrell Counties.

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 2977 10257 2976 10258 3006 10267 3007 10259
      3005 10257 3008 10257 3010 10242 3002 10218
      2987 10229 2988 10232 2986 10232 2987 10234
      2985 10237 2976 10239 2979 10249 2978 10251
      2977 10251 2976 10254
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 188DEG 14KT 2982 10247 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
105 
WWUS54 KMAF 242147
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
447 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

TXC043-443-242215-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0139.000000T0000Z-210524T2215Z/
Brewster TX-Terrell TX-
447 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN BREWSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTIES...

At 447 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles south of
Sanderson, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Brewster and southwestern Terrell Counties.

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 3005 10257 3008 10257 3010 10242 3002 10218
      2987 10229 2988 10232 2986 10232 2987 10234
      2985 10237 2985 10252
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 200DEG 16KT 2993 10240 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF39 min
May 23, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving45 min
May 23, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF49 min
May 23, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio38 min
May 23, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster51 min
May 23, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves46 min
May 23, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster38 min
May 23, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis44 min
May 23, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio45 min
May 23, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio25 min
May 23, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster45 min
May 23, 8:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
May 23, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio24 min
May 23, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster40 min
May 23, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster52 min
May 23, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio34 min
May 23, 9:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPresidio3 hr
May 23, 9:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
May 23, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster32 min
May 23, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio44 min
May 24, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton49 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell39 min
May 24, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton35 min
May 24, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines30 min
May 24, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos42 min
May 24, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster40 min
May 24, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton65 min
May 24, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos63 min
May 24, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell42 min
May 24, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson40 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves43 min
May 24, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines42 min
May 24, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster43 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos67 min
May 24, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell49 min
May 24, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos46 min
May 24, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis44 min
May 24, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson43 min
May 24, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum41 min
May 24, 6:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 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.