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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 13, 2021Reagan County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2021, 7:25 PM CST for Reagan County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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: Mar 13, 2021, 7:25 PM CST (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 8:30 PM CST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 3:23 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

267 
WUUS54 KMAF 140125
SVRMAF
TXC383-461-140230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0017.210314T0125Z-210314T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
725 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Reagan County in western Texas...
  Southeastern Upton County in western Texas...

* Until 830 PM CST.

* At 725 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
  Rankin, moving northeast at 60 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...
  Big Lake, Rankin, Reagan County Airport, Best and Stiles. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for western
Texas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3108 10165 3109 10218 3165 10177 3130 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 224DEG 51KT 3107 10199 

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

87

1 follow-up statement

990 
WWUS54 KMAF 140201
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
801 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

TXC383-461-140230-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210314T0230Z/
Reagan TX-Upton TX-
801 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST
FOR REAGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTIES...

At 801 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northeast
of Big Lake, moving northeast at 65 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...
Big Lake, Reagan County Airport, Best and Stiles. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for western
Texas.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3108 10165 3109 10198 3165 10177 3130 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 228DEG 56KT 3131 10132 

HAIL...1.00IN
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
Mar 13, 6:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	37 min
Mar 13, 6:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	48 min
Mar 13, 6:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan, Upton	45 min
Mar 13, 6:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos, Upton	39 min
Mar 13, 6:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	39 min
Mar 13, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	50 min
Mar 13, 7:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	43 min
Mar 14, 1:56 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Dawson, Ector and 13 more	19 hr
Mar 14, 4:11 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio and 3 more	17 hr
Mar 14, 1:47 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	MAF	Culberson	24 hr
Mar 14, 2:21 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Culberson	13 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.