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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 25, 2021Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2021, 6:34 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 25, 2021, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2021, 7:08 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Andrews County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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The text

As transmitted.

079 
WUUS54 KMAF 252334
SVRMAF
TXC003-260030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0296.210725T2334Z-210726T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
634 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Andrews County in western Texas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 634 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Andrews,
  moving west at 5 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...
  Andrews.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3236 10255 3211 10253 3211 10279 3237 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 096DEG 4KT 3229 10262 

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

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1 follow-up statement

582 
WWUS54 KMAF 260008
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
708 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021

TXC003-260017-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0296.000000T0000Z-210726T0030Z/
Andrews TX-
708 PM CDT Sun Jul 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ANDREWS 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 3236 10255 3211 10253 3211 10279 3237 10281
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 096DEG 4KT 3229 10266 

$$

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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
Jul 24, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	48 min
Jul 24, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	44 min
Jul 25, 4:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reeves	3 hr
Jul 25, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		50 min
Jul 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	46 min
Jul 25, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	47 min
Jul 25, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	25 min
Jul 25, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	44 min
Jul 25, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	41 min
Jul 25, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	47 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.