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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 27, 2021Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2021, 4:44 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 27, 2021, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2021, 5:22 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 1927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

689 
WUUS54 KMAF 272144
SVRMAF
TXC371-443-272245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0174.210527T2144Z-210527T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
444 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
  Northeastern Terrell County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 443 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 25 miles west of
  Sheffield, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sheffield and Bakersfield. 

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 281 and 323.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3054 10166 3045 10248 3089 10254 3106 10232
      3103 10229 3104 10225 3103 10221 3100 10219
      3056 10164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 260DEG 22KT 3068 10225 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements

681 
WWUS54 KMAF 272205
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
505 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

TXC371-443-272245-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-210527T2245Z/
Pecos TX-Terrell TX-
505 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES...

At 505 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles west of
Sheffield, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Sheffield and Bakersfield. 

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 281 and 323.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3054 10166 3045 10248 3089 10254 3106 10232
      3103 10229 3104 10225 3103 10221 3100 10219
      3056 10164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 260DEG 22KT 3070 10209 

HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

88

624 
WWUS54 KMAF 272222
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
522 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

TXC371-443-272232-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0174.000000T0000Z-210527T2245Z/
Pecos TX-Terrell TX-
522 PM CDT Thu May 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PECOS AND
NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However small hail and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3054 10166 3045 10248 3089 10254 3106 10232
      3103 10229 3104 10225 3103 10221 3100 10219
      3056 10164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 260DEG 22KT 3072 10197 

$$

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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 26, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	26 min
May 26, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	25 min
May 26, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	65 min
May 26, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	32 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	45 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	30 min
May 26, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	50 min
May 26, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	20 min
May 26, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	32 min
May 26, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	37 min
May 26, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	32 min
May 27, 3:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	29 min
May 27, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	60 min
May 27, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		25 min
May 27, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		31 min
May 27, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	46 min
May 27, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	56 min
May 27, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	64 min
May 27, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	59 min
May 27, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	40 min
May 27, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	24 min
May 27, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin, Midland	37 min
May 27, 5:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Martin, Midland	115 min
May 27, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	49 min
May 27, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	37 min
May 27, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	72 min
May 27, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	51 min
May 27, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	60 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.