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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 24, 2021Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 6:41 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 557 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

301 
WUUS54 KMAF 242341
SVRMAF
TXC371-443-250030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0144.210524T2341Z-210525T0030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
  North central Terrell County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 641 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 29 miles southeast
  of Fort Stockton, moving southeast at 10 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
  central Pecos and north central Terrell Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3068 10271 3075 10261 3067 10219 3042 10234
      3035 10260
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 315DEG 9KT 3058 10254 

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

89
2 follow-up statements
286 
WWUS54 KMAF 242357
SVSMAF

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

TXC371-443-250030-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-210525T0030Z/
Pecos TX-Terrell TX-
657 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES...

At 656 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 30 miles north of
Sanderson, 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Pecos and north central Terrell Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3067 10219 3042 10234 3035 10260 3068 10271
      3075 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 293DEG 10KT 3058 10251 

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

89
710 
WWUS54 KMAF 250020
SVSMAF

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

TXC371-443-250030-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0144.000000T0000Z-210525T0030Z/
Pecos TX-Terrell TX-
720 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTH
CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3067 10219 3042 10234 3035 10260 3068 10271
      3075 10261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 315DEG 9KT 3054 10247 

$$

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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, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Terrell51 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, 6:44 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.