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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 25, 2021Ector County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 4:56 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 49 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 25, 2021, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Ector County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 37 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: 1594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 856 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

191 
WUUS54 KMAF 252156
SVRMAF
TXC135-252300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0271.210625T2156Z-210625T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
456 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Ector County in western Texas...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 455 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Odessa,
  or 13 miles west of Odessa, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
           tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
           roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Odessa, West Odessa, Odessa Schlemeyer Field and Penwell. 

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 98 and 106.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Midland.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 10264 3181 10274 3207 10253 3188 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 216DEG 21KT 3185 10258 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements

635 
WWUS54 KMAF 252211
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
511 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

TXC135-252300-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-210625T2300Z/
Ector TX-
511 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY...

At 511 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Odessa, or
11 miles west of Odessa, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable 
         tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, 
         roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Odessa, West Odessa, Odessa Schlemeyer Field and Penwell. 

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 98 and 106.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Midland.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 10264 3181 10274 3207 10253 3188 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 224DEG 9KT 3186 10256 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

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895 
WWUS54 KMAF 252245
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
545 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

TXC135-252255-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-210625T2300Z/
Ector TX-
545 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ECTOR 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.

LAT...LON 3170 10264 3181 10274 3207 10253 3188 10231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 216DEG 21KT 3202 10242 

$$

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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, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves	57 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, 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.