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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2021, 4:46 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 19, 2021, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 4:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 11 Wsw Odessa, TX | TRAILER DAMAGED. ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEEDS OF 60-70 MPH. |
| Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 Nw West Odessa, TX | SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE AND REPORT OF QUARTER-SIZED HAIL IN WEST ODESSA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
683
WUUS54 KMAF 192146
SVRMAF
TXC135-192245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0302.210819T2146Z-210819T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
446 PM CDT Thu Aug 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Ector County in western Texas...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 445 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over West Odessa,
or 9 miles west of Odessa, moving east 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...
Odessa, West Odessa, Penwell and Odessa Schlemeyer Field.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 100 and 117.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3172 10260 3188 10275 3202 10243 3179 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 250DEG 20KT 3184 10251
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
881 follow-up statement
645
WWUS54 KMAF 192203
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
503 PM CDT Thu Aug 19 2021
TXC135-192245-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0302.000000T0000Z-210819T2245Z/
Ector TX-
503 PM CDT Thu Aug 19 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY...
At 503 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Odessa, moving
east at 25 mph. Public reports penny size hail in West Odessa at 447
PM CDT.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Odessa, West Odessa and Odessa Schlemeyer Field.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 103 and 117.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3173 10255 3188 10275 3202 10243 3179 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 250DEG 20KT 3187 10240
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
88The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 3:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 24 min | |
| Aug 19, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 6:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 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.