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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 6:23 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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
- May 3, 2021, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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.
| 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
953
WUUS54 KMAF 032323
SVRMAF
TXC115-165-040030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0033.210503T2323Z-210504T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
623 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Gaines County in western Texas...
Northern Dawson County in western Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 623 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Welch, or 18
miles south of Brownfield, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong 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...
Lamesa, Welch, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Punkin Center, Arvana,
Hancock and Key.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3271 10174 3283 10232 3296 10231 3296 10173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 274DEG 26KT 3291 10222
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
037
WWUS54 KMAF 032343
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
643 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
TXC115-165-040030-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210504T0030Z/
Gaines TX-Dawson TX-
643 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GAINES AND NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTIES...
At 643 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Welch, or 14
miles northwest of Lamesa, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Lamesa, Welch, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Punkin Center, Arvana,
Hancock and Key.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3271 10174 3283 10232 3296 10231 3296 10173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 276DEG 19KT 3290 10211
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
72The 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, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 48 min |
| May 3, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terry | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.