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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 2021Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 5:06 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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, 10.1 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-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: 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.

326 
WUUS54 KMAF 242206
SVRMAF
TXC371-443-242245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0140.210524T2206Z-210524T2245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
  Southwestern Terrell County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 505 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Sanderson, moving north at 20 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sanderson.

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 2997 10228 2998 10246 3035 10250 3037 10232
      3030 10207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 188DEG 20KT 3003 10237 

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

89

1 follow-up statement

114 
WWUS54 KMAF 242223
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland TX
Issued by National Weather Service San Angelo TX
523 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

TXC371-443-242245-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0140.000000T0000Z-210524T2245Z/
Pecos TX-Terrell TX-
523 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTIES...

At 522 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sanderson,
moving north at 25 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.

Locations impacted include...
Sanderson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2997 10228 2998 10246 3035 10250 3037 10232
      3030 10207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 192DEG 20KT 3013 10235 

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

sn

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		39 min
May 23, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	45 min
May 23, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		49 min
May 23, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	38 min
May 23, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	51 min
May 23, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	46 min
May 23, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	38 min
May 23, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	44 min
May 23, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	45 min
May 23, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	25 min
May 23, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	45 min
May 23, 8:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
May 23, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	24 min
May 23, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	40 min
May 23, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	52 min
May 23, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	34 min
May 23, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Presidio	3 hr
May 23, 9:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
May 23, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	32 min
May 23, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	44 min
May 24, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Terrell	51 min
May 24, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	49 min
May 24, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	35 min
May 24, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	30 min
May 24, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	42 min
May 24, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	40 min
May 24, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	65 min
May 24, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	63 min
May 24, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	42 min
May 24, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	40 min
May 24, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	43 min
May 24, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	42 min
May 24, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	43 min
May 24, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	67 min
May 24, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	49 min
May 24, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	46 min
May 24, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	44 min
May 24, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	43 min
May 24, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	41 min
May 24, 6:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	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.