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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 3, 2021Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 8:34 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dawson County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8:46 PM CDTHAIL 1Lamesa, TX

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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-04Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

670 
WUUS54 KMAF 040134
SVRMAF
TXC115-040230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0042.210504T0134Z-210504T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
834 PM CDT Mon May 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Dawson County in western Texas...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 833 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
  Lamesa, moving east southeast at 40 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, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Los Ybanez, Sparenberg, Tenmile,
  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 3261 10218 3287 10216 3286 10170 3257 10170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 289DEG 34KT 3271 10210 

HAIL...1.00IN
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, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines58 min
May 3, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard52 min
May 3, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry60 min
May 3, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines44 min
May 3, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Mitchell, Scurry54 min
May 3, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden48 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.