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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 26, 2021Ward County, Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 5:52 PM CDT for Ward County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 26, 2021, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 1728 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

239 
WUUS54 KMAF 262252
SVRMAF
TXC475-495-262345-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0165.210526T2252Z-210526T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
552 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Ward County in western Texas...
  South central Winkler County in western Texas...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 552 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pyote, or 14
  miles south of Wink, moving northeast 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...
  Monahans, Wink, Thorntonville, Pyote, Wickett and Roy Hurd Memorial
  Airport.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 57 and 80.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3143 10324 3159 10335 3182 10307 3151 10285
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 239DEG 16KT 3155 10323 

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

88

1 follow-up statement

634 
WWUS54 KMAF 262317
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
617 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

TXC475-495-262345-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-210526T2345Z/
Ward TX-Winkler TX-
617 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WARD AND SOUTH CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTIES...

At 617 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pyote, or 10
miles south of Wink, moving northeast 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...
Monahans, Thorntonville, Pyote, Wickett and Roy Hurd Memorial
Airport.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 61 and 80.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3144 10317 3164 10329 3180 10306 3160 10291
      3154 10287
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 239DEG 16KT 3161 10312 

HAIL...1.50IN
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 25, 7:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Howard, Scurry	2 hr
May 25, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell	76 min
May 25, 7:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	3 hr
May 25, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	76 min
May 25, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	46 min
May 25, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	48 min
May 26, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	23 min
May 26, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	52 min
May 26, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	48 min
May 26, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	61 min
May 26, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	29 min
May 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		37 min
May 26, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	53 min
May 26, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ward, Winkler	62 min
May 26, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.