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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 25, 20216 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 4:49 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 56 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, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 5:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	3 S Pleasant Farms, TX
May 25, 5:28 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	Pleasant Farms, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

222 
WUUS54 KMAF 252149
SVRMAF
TXC103-135-329-371-461-475-252245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0155.210525T2149Z-210525T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
449 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
  Southeastern Ector County in western Texas...
  Southeastern Ward County in western Texas...
  Southwestern Midland County in western Texas...
  Crane County in western Texas...
  Northwestern Upton County in western Texas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 448 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Crane, moving
  northeast at 30 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Crane, Pleasant Farms, Cordona Lake, Crane County Airport and
  Imperial Reservoir.

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 3133 10227 3127 10285 3170 10262 3183 10217
      3168 10185
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 222DEG 25KT 3145 10239 

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

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1 follow-up statement

146 
WWUS54 KMAF 252219
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
519 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

TXC371-475-252228-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210525T2245Z/
Pecos TX-Ward TX-
519 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND
SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
western Texas.

LAT...LON 3137 10233 3139 10277 3141 10277 3170 10262
      3183 10217 3160 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 187DEG 30KT 3164 10235 

$$

TXC103-135-329-461-252245-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0155.000000T0000Z-210525T2245Z/
Ector TX-Midland TX-Crane TX-Upton TX-
519 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ECTOR...SOUTHWESTERN MIDLAND...NORTHERN CRANE AND
NORTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTIES...

At 518 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles southeast
of West Odessa, or 16 miles south of Odessa, moving north at 35 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...
Crane, Pleasant Farms and Crane County Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash 
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3137 10233 3139 10277 3141 10277 3170 10262
      3183 10217 3160 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 187DEG 30KT 3164 10235 

HAIL...1.25IN
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 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, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	60 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, 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.