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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 15, 2021Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 6:41 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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 15, 2021, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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.

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 15, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

449 
WUUS54 KMAF 152341
SVRMAF
TXC371-443-160045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0060.210515T2341Z-210516T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
641 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
  Central Terrell County in southwestern Texas...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 639 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles north of
  Sanderson, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Public reported 2 inch hail on 14 miles north of 
           Sanderson.

  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...
  Sanderson and Terrell County Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3030 10257 3043 10248 3038 10197 3021 10195
      2996 10229
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 284DEG 16KT 3034 10245 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

89

1 follow-up statement

750 
WWUS54 KMAF 160010
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
710 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

TXC371-443-160045-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-210516T0045Z/
Pecos TX-Terrell TX-
710 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTIES...

At 710 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast
of Sanderson, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Tennis 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...
Sanderson and Terrell County Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3030 10257 3043 10248 3038 10197 3021 10195
      2996 10229
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 294DEG 19KT 3023 10226 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

89

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 7:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	47 min
May 14, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson, Reeves	43 min
May 14, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		40 min
May 14, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	40 min
May 14, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	51 min
May 15, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	31 min
May 15, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	39 min
May 15, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	52 min
May 15, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	43 min
May 15, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	43 min
May 15, 4:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
May 15, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	43 min
May 15, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	48 min
May 15, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	46 min
May 15, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	61 min
May 15, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	42 min
May 15, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	46 min
May 15, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	43 min
May 15, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	51 min
May 15, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	49 min
May 15, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	48 min
May 15, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	45 min
May 15, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	48 min
May 15, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Cochran	18 min
May 15, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Winkler	39 min
May 15, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	50 min
May 15, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	49 min
May 15, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	41 min
May 15, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	50 min
May 15, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	45 min
May 15, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	39 min
May 15, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	48 min
May 15, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland	46 min
May 15, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	44 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.