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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 7, 2021

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2021, 5:54 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 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 7, 2021, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 7, 2:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 1:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
137 PM CDT Fri May 7 2021

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-081845-
Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County-Eddy County Plains-
Northern Lea County-Central Lea County-Southern Lea County-Gaines-
Dawson-Borden-Scurry-Andrews-Martin-Howard-Mitchell-Loving-Winkler-
Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell-
Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains-
Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County-
Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains-
Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin-
Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County-
137 PM CDT Fri May 7 2021 /1237 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New
Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms this afternoon will be possible across Southeast New
Mexico, the Upper Trans Pecos, the Highway 54 corridor and the Davis
Mountains this afternoon and evening. Gusty and erratic winds and
dry lightning will be possible with any of these storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Near critical to critical fire weather conditions will exist across
Southeast New Mexico, Chaves county, and the Sacramento Mountains on
Saturday. A Fire Weather Watch is in effect for these areas.

Strong winds will be possible across the Southeast New Mexico plains
and Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains on Saturday. A High Wind
Warning is in effect for the Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the
NWS while following all local, state and CDC guidelines.

This product, along with other watches, warnings, advisories,
and statements issued by the National Weather Service Office in
Midland, can be found on the internet at...
https://weather.gov/midland

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 5:54 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
454 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

NMZ029-072345-
Northern Lea County NM-
454 PM MDT Fri May 7 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LEA COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM
MDT...

At 454 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Caprock, or 26 miles west of Tatum, moving east at 35 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Caprock and Crossroads.

LAT...LON 3331 10306 3326 10377 3340 10377 3340 10372
      3357 10372 3357 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 262DEG 31KT 3339 10374

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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 7, 3:47 AM CDT	High Wind Watch	MAF	Culberson	10 hr
May 7, 4:35 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Culberson	24 hr
May 7, 1:41 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF	Culberson	30 hr
May 7, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	27 min
May 7, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	38 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.