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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 219 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Marathon, TX | SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO OF PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. |
| May 25, 4:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Marathon, TX | PUBLIC REPORT OF SMALL HAIL WITH LARGEST UP TO QUARTER SIZE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2087 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted.
073
WUUS54 KMAF 252115
SVRMAF
TXC043-371-252215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0152.210525T2115Z-210525T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
415 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
Northwestern Brewster County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 414 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Marathon, or
21 miles east of Alpine, moving east at 10 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...
Marathon.
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 3024 10348 3039 10336 3039 10295 3007 10302
2990 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 279DEG 10KT 3028 10331
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
891 follow-up statement
104
WWUS54 KMAF 252124
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
424 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
TXC043-371-252215-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0152.000000T0000Z-210525T2215Z/
Pecos TX-Brewster TX-
424 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PECOS AND NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTIES...
At 423 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Marathon, or 23
miles east of Alpine, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Marathon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3021 10346 3038 10332 3039 10295 3007 10302
2990 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 286DEG 10KT 3026 10328
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
89The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 44 min |
| May 24, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 42 min |
| May 24, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 41 min |
| May 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Yoakum | 40 min |
| May 24, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 39 min |
| May 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 38 min |
| May 24, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 61 min |
| May 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Mitchell, Scurry | 42 min |
| May 24, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 46 min |
| May 24, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Loving, Winkler | 51 min |
| May 24, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 52 min |
| May 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 48 min | |
| May 25, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 50 min |
| May 25, 1:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 2 hr |
| May 25, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 58 min |
| May 25, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| May 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 50 min |
| May 25, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 47 min |
| May 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 45 min |
| May 25, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 4 hr |
| May 25, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 39 min |
| May 25, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 59 min |
| May 25, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Pecos, Upton, Ward | 56 min |
| May 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Ector, Martin, Midland, Upton | 64 min |
| May 25, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 56 min |
| May 25, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 60 min |
| May 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 116 min |
| May 25, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 56 min |
| May 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 72 min |
| May 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 51 min |
| May 25, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 62 min |
| May 25, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 43 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.