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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 17, 2021Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2021, 8:28 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 17, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 953 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
953 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

278 
WUUS54 KMAF 180128
SVRMAF
TXC335-180200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0094.210518T0128Z-210518T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
828 PM CDT Mon May 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Mitchell County in western Texas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 828 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest
  of Silver, or 19 miles south of Colorado City, moving east at 40
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Mitchell County.

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 3209 10091 3215 10097 3231 10067 3209 10067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 254DEG 35KT 3212 10081 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFHoward, Mitchell51 min
May 17, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell64 min
May 17, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell62 min
May 17, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard62 min
May 17, 7:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMitchell3 hr
May 17, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock45 min
May 17, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry20 min
May 17, 8:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock3 hr
May 17, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock46 min
May 17, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell43 min
May 17, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFBorden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Glasscock, Howard and 6 more13 hr
May 18, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry37 min
May 18, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland40 min
May 18, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Midland, Upton62 min
May 18, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Ward40 min
May 18, 2:01 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
May 18, 2:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Upton, Ward3 hr
May 18, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos60 min
May 18, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland and 2 more62 min
May 18, 3:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Glasscock, Midland, Upton3 hr
May 18, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Scurry46 min
May 18, 3:29 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard31 min
May 18, 3:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
May 18, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin46 min
May 18, 3:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Reagan, Upton67 min
May 18, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Scurry44 min
May 18, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan44 min
May 18, 4:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell47 min
May 18, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines41 min
May 18, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines39 min
May 18, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos39 min
May 18, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines46 min
May 18, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos43 min
May 18, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines45 min
May 18, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell46 min
May 18, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson, Gaines47 min
May 18, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson49 min
May 18, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson43 min
May 18, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson47 min
May 18, 6:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson3 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.