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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 5:57 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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
- May 3, 2021, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 6:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Nw Cuthbert, TX | MOSTLY NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH LARGEST UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZED. BRIEF STRONG WINDS ESTIMATED UP TO 60 MPH. |
| May 3, 6:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Ira, TX | PHOTO OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN IRA RECEIVED ON TWITTER |
| May 3, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Cuthbert, TX | SPOTTER REPORT |
| May 3, 6:28 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 3 S Dunn, TX | MEASURED HAIL UP TO 2.5 INCH BUT HAIL HAD MELTED SOME AND MAY HAVE BEEN 2.75 INCH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
454
WUUS54 KMAF 032257
SVRMAF
TXC335-415-032345-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0032.210503T2257Z-210503T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
557 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Scurry County in western Texas...
Northern Mitchell County in western Texas...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 557 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near J B Thomas
Reservoir, or 13 miles southwest of Snyder, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Snyder, Loraine, Colorado City Airport, Inadale, J B Thomas
Reservoir, Dunn, Hermleigh, Ira, Winston Field, Cuthbert, Knapp and
Buford.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 225 and 226.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3244 10118 3266 10117 3279 10066 3241 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 267DEG 29KT 3256 10106
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
241 follow-up statement
210
WWUS54 KMAF 032316
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
616 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
TXC335-415-032345-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210503T2345Z/
Scurry TX-Mitchell TX-
616 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN SCURRY AND NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTIES...
At 616 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dunn, or 10
miles south of Snyder, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Snyder, Loraine, Colorado City Airport, Inadale, J B Thomas
Reservoir, Dunn, Hermleigh, Ira, Winston Field, Cuthbert, Knapp and
Buford.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 225 and 226.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3244 10118 3266 10117 3279 10066 3241 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 267DEG 28KT 3256 10089
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:50 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 26 hr |
| May 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Yoakum | 40 min |
| May 3, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 46 min |
| May 3, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 51 min |
| May 3, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Yoakum | 23 min |
| May 3, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 49 min |
| May 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 46 min | |
| May 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 45 min |
| May 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 43 min |
| May 3, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Cochran | 25 min |
| May 3, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terry | 24 min |
| May 3, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 67 min |
| May 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 51 min |
| May 3, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 36 min |
| May 3, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.