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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 6:35 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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 28, 2021, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:59 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Saragosa, 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 28, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
969
WUUS54 KMAF 282335
SVRMAF
TXC389-290030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0190.210528T2335Z-210529T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
635 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Reeves County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 635 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Balmorhea, or 14 miles south of Toyah, moving southeast at 20 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...
Balmorhea, Balmorhea Lake, Saragosa and Verhalen.
This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 202 and 225.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3107 10391 3128 10377 3113 10330 3077 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 308DEG 19KT 3110 10378
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
146
WWUS54 KMAF 282356
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
656 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021
TXC389-290030-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-210529T0030Z/
Reeves TX-
656 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY...
At 655 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Saragosa, or 21
miles south of Toyah, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Balmorhea, Balmorhea Lake, Saragosa and Verhalen.
This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 202 and 225.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3107 10391 3128 10377 3113 10330 3077 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 305DEG 21KT 3103 10366
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$694
WWUS54 KMAF 290014 RRA
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
714 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021
TXC389-290024-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0190.000000T0000Z-210529T0030Z/
Reeves TX-
714 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY 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.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern Texas.
LAT...LON 3107 10391 3128 10377 3113 10330 3077 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 308DEG 19KT 3097 10357
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 93 min |
| May 27, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 39 min |
| May 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 40 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 79 min |
| May 28, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 34 min |
| May 28, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 31 min |
| May 28, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 67 min |
| May 28, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 45 min |
| May 28, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 66 min |
| May 28, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 31 min |
| May 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| May 28, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 66 min |
| May 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 33 min |
| May 28, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 44 min |
| May 28, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 43 min | |
| May 28, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 67 min |
| May 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 42 min |
| May 28, 4:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 66 min |
| May 28, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 37 min |
| May 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 45 min |
| May 28, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Upton, Ward | 59 min |
| May 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 23 min |
| May 28, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 48 min |
| May 28, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 58 min |
| May 28, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton, Ward, Winkler | 64 min |
| May 28, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Upton, Ward | 2 hr |
| May 28, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 49 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.