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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2021, 6:40 PM CDT for Borden County, Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
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WUUS54 KMAF 172340
SVRMAF
TXC033-115-180015-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0088.210517T2340Z-210518T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
640 PM CDT Mon May 17 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 715 PM CDT.
* At 640 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles
southeast of O'donnell, or 15 miles northwest of Gail, moving
north at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf 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...
Gail.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for western
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3267 10149 3276 10180 3296 10184 3296 10122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 185DEG 31KT 3290 10168
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
102 follow-up statements
050
WWUS54 KMAF 172353
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
653 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021
TXC033-115-180015-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210518T0015Z/
Borden TX-Dawson TX-
653 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BORDEN AND NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES...
At 653 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles southwest of
Grassland, or 12 miles southeast of Tahoka, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Borden and northeastern Dawson Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for western
Texas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3277 10148 3289 10179 3296 10179 3296 10122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 185DEG 31KT 3301 10167
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
10247
WWUS54 KMAF 180005
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
705 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021
TXC033-115-180015-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-210518T0015Z/
Borden TX-Dawson TX-
705 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BORDEN AND
NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for western
Texas.
LAT...LON 3277 10148 3289 10179 3296 10179 3296 10122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 185DEG 31KT 3310 10166
$$
10The 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, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 64 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, 6:52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.