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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 30, 2021Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2021, 3:31 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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: Sep 30, 2021, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Brewster County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 30, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 258 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: 1726 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 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.

076 
WUUS54 KMAF 302031
SVRMAF
TXC043-302115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0313.210930T2031Z-210930T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
331 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Brewster County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 415 PM CDT.

* At 331 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 29 miles northwest
  of Persimmon Gap, or 32 miles south of Alpine, moving northeast 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...
  Elephant Mountain and Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area
  and US HWY 118. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2976 10358 2995 10376 3024 10348 2993 10320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 223DEG 16KT 2989 10360 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

218 
WWUS54 KMAF 302053
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
353 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

TXC043-302115-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0313.000000T0000Z-210930T2115Z/
Brewster TX-
353 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...

At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 24 miles southwest
of Marathon, or 30 miles south of Alpine, moving northeast 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...
Elephant Mountain and Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2979 10352 3006 10366 3024 10348 2993 10320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 231DEG 16KT 2994 10350 

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
Sep 30, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	43 min
Sep 30, 10:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	42 min
Sep 30, 10:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	24 min
Sep 30, 11:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin	47 min
Sep 30, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	36 min
Sep 30, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	53 min
Sep 30, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	46 min
Sep 30, 1:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	47 min
Sep 30, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		44 min
Sep 30, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Presidio	52 min
Sep 30, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	61 min
Sep 30, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	46 min
Sep 30, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	44 min
Sep 30, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	40 min
Sep 30, 2:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	3 hr
Sep 30, 3:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	3 hr
Sep 30, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	63 min
Sep 30, 3:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
Sep 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		47 min
Sep 30, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		53 min
Sep 30, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	57 min
Sep 30, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	65 min
Sep 30, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	46 min
Sep 30, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	41 min
Sep 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	52 min
Sep 30, 4:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	3 hr
Sep 30, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	39 min
Sep 30, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	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.