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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 3, 2021Mitchell County, Scurry County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 3, 6:05 PM CDTHAIL 1.55 Nw Cuthbert, TXMOSTLY 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 CDTHAIL 1Ira, TXPHOTO OF QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN IRA RECEIVED ON TWITTER
May 3, 6:10 PM CDTHAIL 13 E Cuthbert, TXSPOTTER REPORT
May 3, 6:28 PM CDTHAIL 2.53 S Dunn, TXMEASURED 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

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1 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
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 3:50 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAFCulberson26 hr
May 3, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum40 min
May 3, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson46 min
May 3, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson51 min
May 3, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum23 min
May 3, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden49 min
May 3, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF46 min
May 3, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden45 min
May 3, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry43 min
May 3, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCochran25 min
May 3, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerry24 min
May 3, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines67 min
May 3, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines51 min
May 3, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry36 min
May 3, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson62 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.