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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 24, 2021Loving County, Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2021, 7:48 PM CDT for Loving County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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: Jun 24, 2021, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

127 
WUUS54 KMAF 250048
SVRMAF
TXC301-389-250145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0267.210625T0048Z-210625T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
748 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Reeves County in southwestern Texas...
  South central Loving County in western Texas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 748 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles north of
  Toyah, and is nearly stationary.

  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Reeves and south central Loving Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3170 10405 3180 10370 3153 10353 3142 10382
      3168 10406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 054DEG 2KT 3154 10383 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

91

1 follow-up statement

407 
WWUS54 KMAF 250117
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
817 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

TXC301-389-250145-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0267.000000T0000Z-210625T0145Z/
Reeves TX-Loving TX-
817 PM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN REEVES AND CENTRAL LOVING COUNTIES...

At 816 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
Mentone, and is nearly stationary.

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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Reeves and central Loving Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3180 10370 3165 10366 3159 10392 3167 10394
      3173 10395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 182DEG 4KT 3174 10377 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

91

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	26 min
Jun 24, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	39 min
Jun 24, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves	60 min
Jun 25, 1:12 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	MAF	Culberson	14 hr
Jun 25, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler	59 min
Jun 25, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	60 min
Jun 25, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector, Pecos	39 min
Jun 25, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	62 min
Jun 25, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Ward	58 min
Jun 25, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	49 min
Jun 25, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	65 min
Jun 25, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	59 min
Jun 25, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	46 min
Jun 25, 6:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Jun 25, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	53 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.