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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 26, 2021Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 26, 2021, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 382 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -419 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

480 
WUUS54 KMAF 262316
SVRMAF
TXC115-165-270015-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0276.210626T2316Z-210627T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
616 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Gaines County in western Texas...
  Northwestern Dawson County in western Texas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 616 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Seagraves
  Airport, or 7 miles northeast of Seagraves, 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...
  Seagraves, Welch, Seagraves Airport and Loop. 

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 3270 10219 3291 10258 3296 10259 3296 10207
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 294DEG 20KT 3300 10245 

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

44

1 follow-up statement

429 
WWUS54 KMAF 262345
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
645 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

TXC115-165-270015-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-210627T0015Z/
Gaines TX-Dawson TX-
645 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GAINES AND WEST CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTIES...

At 645 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southeast of
Seagraves Airport, or 10 miles east of Seagraves, moving south 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...
Seagraves, Seagraves Airport and Loop. 

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 3291 10258 3296 10259 3296 10221 3274 10217
      3270 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 341DEG 15KT 3290 10239 

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

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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 25, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	60 min
Jun 26, 3:08 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF	Culberson	30 hr
Jun 26, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	41 min
Jun 26, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		61 min
Jun 26, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	40 min
Jun 26, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		55 min
Jun 26, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	23 min
Jun 26, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	42 min
Jun 26, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	39 min
Jun 26, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton	53 min
Jun 26, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	42 min
Jun 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	38 min
Jun 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard	50 min
Jun 26, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	48 min
Jun 26, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland	63 min
Jun 26, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	45 min
Jun 26, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	40 min
Jun 26, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	49 min
Jun 26, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	38 min
Jun 26, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard	49 min
Jun 26, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Howard, Martin	42 min
Jun 26, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	34 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.