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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2021, 3:11 PM CDT for Brewster County, 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 17, 2021, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
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 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1892 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted.
604
WUUS54 KMAF 172011
SVRMAF
TXC043-371-443-172115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0077.210517T2011Z-210517T2115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
311 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
Northeastern Brewster County in southwestern Texas...
Northwestern Terrell County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 415 PM CDT.
* At 310 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 25 miles northwest
of Sanderson, moving northeast at 30 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Pecos, northeastern Brewster and northwestern Terrell
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3018 10285 3036 10296 3077 10233 3036 10209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 244DEG 29KT 3031 10278
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
871 follow-up statement
381
WWUS54 KMAF 172047
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
347 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021
TXC043-371-443-172115-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-210517T2115Z/
Pecos TX-Brewster TX-Terrell TX-
347 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS...NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER AND NORTHWESTERN
TERRELL COUNTIES...
At 346 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 28 miles northwest
of Sanderson, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of south
central Pecos, northeastern Brewster and northwestern Terrell
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3018 10285 3036 10296 3077 10233 3036 10209
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 253DEG 37KT 3039 10278
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
87The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 44 min |
| May 16, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 42 min |
| May 16, 7:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 40 min |
| May 16, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 52 min |
| May 16, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 47 min |
| May 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 61 min |
| May 16, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 38 min |
| May 16, 7:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 3 hr |
| May 16, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 18 min |
| May 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 47 min |
| May 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 45 min |
| May 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 44 min |
| May 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Mitchell, Scurry | 44 min |
| May 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 41 min |
| May 17, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 64 min |
| May 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 43 min |
| May 17, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Midland | 62 min |
| May 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 47 min |
| May 17, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 61 min |
| May 17, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terry | 26 min |
| May 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 54 min |
| May 17, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin | 61 min |
| May 17, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 13 min |
| May 17, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 28 min |
| May 17, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 52 min |
| May 17, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 19 min |
| May 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 63 min |
| May 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 44 min |
| May 17, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 67 min |
| May 17, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 59 min |
| May 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 40 min |
| May 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 35 min |
| May 17, 6:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
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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.