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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2021, 6:56 PM CDT for Crane County, Pecos County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 9, 2021, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Sse Grandfalls, TX | MOST HAIL IS AROUND DIME SIZE, SOME QUARTER AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 2285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
214
WUUS54 KMAF 092356
SVRMAF
TXC103-371-475-100100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0262.210609T2356Z-210610T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
656 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
Southeastern Ward County in western Texas...
West central Crane County in western Texas...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 656 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grandfalls,
or 20 miles south of Monahans, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Trained spotter on the ground reported up to half dollar
size hail.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
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 3148 10287 3143 10260 3116 10262 3122 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 019DEG 3KT 3130 10280
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
881 follow-up statement
775
WWUS54 KMAF 100030
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
730 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021
TXC103-371-475-100039-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0262.000000T0000Z-210610T0100Z/
Pecos TX-Ward TX-Crane TX-
730 PM CDT Wed Jun 9 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS...
SOUTHEASTERN WARD AND WEST CENTRAL CRANE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weaken and
moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been
cancelled.
LAT...LON 3148 10287 3143 10260 3116 10262 3122 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 019DEG 3KT 3127 10281
$$
88The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2:15 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 46 min |
| Jun 9, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 52 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.