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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 26, 20214 counties in Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 8:47 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 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 26, 2021, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2021, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 3 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 26, 9:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Wickett, TX	HAIL RANGED IN SIZE FROM NICKEL TO GOLFBALL

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
Jun 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 318 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: 81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -78 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.

846 
WUUS54 KMAF 270147
SVRMAF
TXC103-135-475-495-270230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0281.210627T0147Z-210627T0230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Ector County in western Texas...
  Northeastern Ward County in western Texas...
  Southeastern Winkler County in western Texas...
  Northwestern Crane County in western Texas...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 847 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near
  Thorntonville, or near Monahans, moving east at 10 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...
  Monahans, Thorntonville, Wickett, Roy Hurd Memorial Airport and
  Monahans Sandhills State Park.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 70 and 98.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3149 10306 3167 10307 3188 10276 3174 10263
      3148 10271
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 265DEG 7KT 3160 10298 

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

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1 follow-up statement

848 
WWUS54 KMAF 270150
SVSMAF

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

TXC103-135-475-495-270200-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0281.000000T0000Z-210627T0230Z/
Ector TX-Ward TX-Winkler TX-Crane TX-
850 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR...
NORTHEASTERN WARD...SOUTHEASTERN WINKLER AND NORTHWESTERN CRANE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
western Texas.

LAT...LON 3149 10306 3167 10307 3188 10276 3174 10263
      3148 10271
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 265DEG 7KT 3160 10297 

$$

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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 26, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	42 min
Jun 26, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	50 min
Jun 26, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	60 min
Jun 26, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MAF	Dawson	24 min
Jun 26, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	67 min
Jun 26, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland	29 min
Jun 26, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	58 min
Jun 26, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Dawson	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	65 min
Jun 26, 8:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector, Ward, Winkler	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler	54 min
Jun 26, 8:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	43 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Scurry	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	44 min
Jun 26, 9:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	54 min
Jun 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Scurry	2 hr
Jun 26, 9:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Martin	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	58 min
Jun 26, 10:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Dawson	3 hr
Jun 26, 11:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson	3 hr
Jun 27, 12:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Scurry	3 hr
Jun 27, 2:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 12 more	4 days
Jun 27, 4:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland	115 min
Jun 27, 4:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Martin	2 hr
Jun 27, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard	111 min
Jun 27, 5:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	44 min
Jun 27, 5:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland, Upton	3 hr
Jun 27, 6:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio	2 hr
Jun 27, 6:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	119 min
Jun 27, 7:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler	3 hr
Jun 27, 7:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis, Reeves	3 hr
Jun 27, 7:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward	3 hr
Jun 27, 8:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland, Upton	4 hr
Jun 27, 10:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	3 hr
Jun 27, 10:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	3 hr
Jun 27, 12:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	37 min
Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector, Martin, Midland	3 hr

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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.