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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 2021Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 3:39 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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 28, 2021, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1694 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1694 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-279 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

054 
WUUS54 KMAF 282039
SVRMAF
TXC371-282145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0185.210528T2039Z-210528T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
339 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 338 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 24 miles southwest
  of Fort Stockton, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Pecos County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3058 10318 3063 10335 3086 10335 3064 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 263DEG 12KT 3068 10322 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell93 min
May 27, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock39 min
May 27, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock40 min
May 27, 7:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock3 hr
May 27, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Terrell79 min
May 28, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster34 min
May 28, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster31 min
May 28, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster67 min
May 28, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos45 min
May 28, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos66 min
May 28, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster31 min
May 28, 3:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
May 28, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster33 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos44 min
May 28, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF43 min
May 28, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster67 min
May 28, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard42 min
May 28, 4:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
May 28, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves66 min
May 28, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster37 min
May 28, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving45 min
May 28, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Reeves, Upton, Ward59 min
May 28, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor23 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving48 min
May 28, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler58 min
May 28, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves39 min
May 28, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton, Ward, Winkler64 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Upton, Ward2 hr
May 28, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton49 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.