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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 15, 2021Borden County, Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 8:59 PM CDT for Borden County, Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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 15, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 1081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

120 
WUUS54 KMAF 160159
SVRMAF
TXC033-115-160230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0069.210516T0159Z-210516T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
859 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Borden County in western Texas...
  Northeastern Dawson County in western Texas...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 858 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near O'donnell, or
  14 miles northeast of Lamesa, moving north at 35 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...
  Hancock and Arvana. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3278 10169 3280 10192 3296 10192 3296 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 187DEG 31KT 3288 10178 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The 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, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Terrell	42 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, 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.