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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 7:33 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
821
WUUS54 KMAF 160033
SVRMAF
TXC443-160115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0066.210516T0033Z-210516T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
733 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Terrell County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 732 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
of Sanderson, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Dryden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3014 10230 3047 10229 3046 10189 2991 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 272DEG 13KT 3023 10220
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
891 follow-up statement
396
WWUS54 KMAF 160052
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
752 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021
TXC443-160115-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-210516T0115Z/
Terrell TX-
752 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL TERRELL COUNTY...
At 752 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles north of
Dryden, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Dryden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3014 10230 3034 10229 3043 10190 2995 10198
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 272DEG 13KT 3023 10212
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
89The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 42 min |
| May 15, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 64 min |
| May 15, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 44 min |
| May 15, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 66 min |
| May 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 62 min |
| May 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 42 min |
| May 15, 7:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 45 min |
| May 15, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 43 min |
| May 15, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 12 min |
| May 15, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 63 min |
| May 15, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 29 min |
| May 15, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crane | 40 min |
| May 15, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 48 min |
| May 15, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines | 31 min |
| May 15, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| May 15, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 31 min |
| May 15, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 15, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 34 min |
| May 15, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 42 min |
| May 15, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 41 min |
| May 15, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson, Howard, Martin | 47 min |
| May 15, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 51 min |
| May 15, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden, Howard, Scurry | 59 min |
| May 15, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 58 min |
| May 15, 11:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 51 min |
| May 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 27 min |
| May 16, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 26 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.