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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 7:59 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gaines 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
- May 3, 2021, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 8:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 4235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
848
WUUS54 KMAF 040059
SVRMAF
TXC115-165-040200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0040.210504T0059Z-210504T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
759 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...
Southwestern Dawson County in western Texas...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 759 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of
Seagraves Airport, or 11 miles northeast of Seminole, moving east
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
McKenzie Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3266 10257 3290 10252 3287 10211 3256 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 288DEG 32KT 3279 10247
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
491 follow-up statement
058
WWUS54 KMAF 040143
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
843 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
TXC115-165-040152-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210504T0200Z/
Gaines TX-Dawson TX-
843 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GAINES AND
SOUTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. The warning for most
central Dawson County remains in effect.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
western Texas.
LAT...LON 3266 10257 3290 10252 3287 10211 3256 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 288DEG 32KT 3267 10204
$$
49The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 58 min |
| May 3, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard | 52 min |
| May 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 60 min |
| May 3, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Mitchell, Scurry | 54 min |
| May 3, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 56 min |
| May 3, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 48 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.