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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 317, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 30, 2021Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2021, 7:08 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2021, 7:40 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 30, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2844 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
7.3

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The text

As transmitted.

549 
WUUS54 KMAF 010008
SVRMAF
TXC443-010100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0317.211001T0008Z-211001T0100Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Terrell County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 707 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Terrell
  County Gas Plant, or 22 miles south of Sheffield, moving northeast
  at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Recorded on ASOS.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Dryden, Terrell County Gas Plant and Terrell County Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3034 10172 3029 10176 3000 10176 3004 10224
      3044 10211 3053 10167 3049 10169 3047 10169
      3046 10170 3047 10173 3044 10172 3042 10174
      3040 10170 3038 10170 3036 10166 3034 10166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 247DEG 40KT 3037 10177 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
376 
WWUS54 KMAF 010040
SVSMAF

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

TXC443-010050-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0317.000000T0000Z-211001T0100Z/
Terrell TX-
740 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Texas.

LAT...LON 3034 10172 3029 10176 3000 10176 3004 10224
      3044 10211 3053 10167 3049 10169 3047 10169
      3046 10170 3047 10173 3044 10172 3042 10174
      3040 10170 3038 10170 3036 10166 3034 10166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 247DEG 40KT 3051 10137 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell39 min
Sep 30, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis48 min
Oct 1, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio52 min
Oct 1, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell40 min
Oct 1, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio16 min
Oct 1, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio39 min
Oct 1, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum57 min
Oct 1, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell30 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.