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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 13, 2021, 6:21 PM CST for Pecos County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 13, 2021, 6:21 PM CST (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2021, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
613
WWUS84 KMAF 140021
SPSMAF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
621 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021
TXZ068-069-075-082-140100-
Pecos TX-Crane TX-Terrell TX-Upton TX-
621 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN PECOS...SOUTHEASTERN
CRANE...UPTON AND NORTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CST...
At 621 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 13 miles north of Rankin to 12 miles south of
McCamey to 25 miles southeast of Fort Stockton. Movement was east at
25 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Crane, McCamey, Rankin, Iraan, Upton County Airport, Bakersfield,
Girvin and King Mountain.
This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 272 and 314.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for western and
southwestern Texas.
LAT...LON 3108 10182 3108 10237 3103 10229 3103 10221
3100 10219 3099 10199 3093 10189 3056 10226
3064 10291 3105 10255 3150 10227 3151 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 271DEG 22KT 3141 10200 3095 10223 3063 10259
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 48 min |
| Mar 13, 6:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan, Upton | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 6:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 7:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 7:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 1:56 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Dawson, Ector and 13 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:47 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:21 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 13 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.