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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 298, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 9, 2021Pecos County, Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2021, 4:02 PM CDT for Pecos County, Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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: Aug 9, 2021, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -378 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

675 
WUUS54 KMAF 092102
SVRMAF
TXC371-389-092145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0298.210809T2102Z-210809T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
402 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
  Southeastern Reeves County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 402 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 22 miles east of
  Saragosa, or 24 miles west of Fort Stockton, moving northwest at 10
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  B F Goodrich Testing Track.

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 220 and 241.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3096 10311 3084 10329 3095 10357 3125 10325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 130DEG 9KT 3096 10329 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

87

1 follow-up statement

068 
WWUS54 KMAF 092122
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
422 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021

TXC371-389-092145-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0298.000000T0000Z-210809T2145Z/
Pecos TX-Reeves TX-
422 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PECOS AND SOUTHEASTERN REEVES COUNTIES...

At 422 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 19 miles east of
Saragosa, or 27 miles west of Fort Stockton, moving northwest 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...
B F Goodrich Testing Track.

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 220 and 241.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3096 10311 3084 10329 3095 10357 3125 10325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 130DEG 9KT 3099 10334 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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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
Aug 8, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	52 min
Aug 8, 7:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Martin	114 min
Aug 9, 1:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
Aug 9, 2:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves	3 hr
Aug 9, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	46 min
Aug 9, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	44 min
Aug 9, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	46 min
Aug 9, 4:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	2 hr
Aug 9, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	43 min
Aug 9, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	26 min
Aug 9, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	44 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.