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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2021, 5:12 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 63 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 31, 2021, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2021, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:35 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 17 Ne Grandfalls, TX | 2 INCH HAIL REPORTED AT SAND HILLS OIL FIELD. |
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 31, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1949 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted.
735
WUUS54 KMAF 312212 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC103-371-389-475-312315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0230.210531T2212Z-210531T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
512 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
Eastern Reeves County in southwestern Texas...
Southeastern Ward County in western Texas...
Northwestern Crane County in western Texas...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 512 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
Grandfalls, or 16 miles southwest of Monahans, moving east at 25
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, Grandfalls, Royalty, Imperial and Imperial Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3131 10316 3152 10315 3159 10280 3154 10263
3129 10260 3117 10265 3113 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 281DEG 22KT 3138 10303
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
882 follow-up statements
348
WWUS54 KMAF 312225
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
525 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021
TXC389-312235-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0230.000000T0000Z-210531T2315Z/
Reeves TX-
525 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN REEVES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
western and southwestern Texas.
LAT...LON 3153 10309 3159 10280 3154 10263 3129 10260
3117 10265 3113 10281 3130 10308 3137 10301
3138 10306 3136 10307 3137 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 281DEG 22KT 3136 10294
$$
TXC103-371-475-312315-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0230.000000T0000Z-210531T2315Z/
Pecos TX-Ward TX-Crane TX-
525 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS...SOUTHEASTERN WARD AND NORTHWESTERN CRANE
COUNTIES...
At 525 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grandfalls, or
15 miles south of Monahans, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. Reports on the
ground of strong wind.
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...
Monahans, Grandfalls, Royalty, Imperial and Imperial Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3153 10309 3159 10280 3154 10263 3129 10260
3117 10265 3113 10281 3130 10308 3137 10301
3138 10306 3136 10307 3137 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 281DEG 22KT 3136 10294
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
88514
WWUS54 KMAF 312239
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
539 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021
TXC103-371-475-312315-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0230.000000T0000Z-210531T2315Z/
Pecos TX-Ward TX-Crane TX-
539 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS...SOUTHEASTERN WARD AND NORTHWESTERN CRANE
COUNTIES...
At 538 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grandfalls, or
16 miles south of Monahans, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts. There has been a
report on the ground of two inch hail in this storm.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Monahans, Grandfalls, Royalty, Imperial and Imperial Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3159 10280 3154 10263 3129 10260 3117 10265
3113 10281 3134 10292 3139 10297 3156 10291
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 281DEG 22KT 3134 10285
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
88The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 35 min |
| May 30, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 45 min | |
| May 30, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Cochran | 44 min |
| May 30, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 40 min |
| May 30, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 42 min |
| May 30, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 15 min |
| May 30, 11:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 2 hr |
| May 31, 12:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 112 min |
| May 31, 12:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 31, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 44 min |
| May 31, 2:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 64 min |
| May 31, 2:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 51 min |
| May 31, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 59 min |
| May 31, 5:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 47 min |
| May 31, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 38 min |
| May 31, 6:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 45 min |
| May 31, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 39 min |
| May 31, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 44 min |
| May 31, 8:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 42 min |
| May 31, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 68 min |
| May 31, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 51 min |
| May 31, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 45 min |
| May 31, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 2 hr |
| May 31, 10:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 40 min |
| May 31, 10:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 4 hr |
| May 31, 10:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Scurry | 4 hr |
| May 31, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 59 min |
| May 31, 10:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland | 64 min |
| May 31, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| May 31, 12:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 31, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 39 min |
| May 31, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 2 hr |
| May 31, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 24 min |
| May 31, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| May 31, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 32 min |
| May 31, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| May 31, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 61 min |
| May 31, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 58 min |
| May 31, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| May 31, 3:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| May 31, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 36 min |
| May 31, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 54 min |
| May 31, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 27 min |
| May 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 63 min |
| May 31, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 26 min |
| May 31, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 45 min |
| May 31, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 39 min |
| May 31, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 51 min | |
| May 31, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 63 min |
| May 31, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 45 min |
| May 31, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 52 min |
| May 31, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 48 min | |
| May 31, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 26 min |
| May 31, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 62 min |
| May 31, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 61 min |
| May 31, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 41 min |
| May 31, 6:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 31, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Scurry | 20 hr |
| May 31, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 56 min |
| May 31, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 55 min |
| May 31, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 33 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.