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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 2021Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 28, 2021, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2021, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Brewster County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 215 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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: 1694 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -279 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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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 28, 2:02 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:02 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 1:59 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
159 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-291900-
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-
159 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021 /1259 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

There is an enhanced risk of severe storms, capable of producing
large to very large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. Heavy rain
may also result in flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

There is a risk of severe thunderstorms through Monday.  Any severe
storms that do develop will be accompanied by large hail, damaging
winds, and an isolated tornado.  Heavy rain may also result in flash
flooding Sunday and Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is 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 28, 1:41 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
141 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

TXZ277>279-281915-
Central Brewster County TX-Davis Mountains Foothills TX-
Davis Mountains TX-
141 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

At 141 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Marathon, or 18 miles southeast of Alpine, moving east
at 5 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Marathon.

LAT...LON 3005 10346 3023 10361 3046 10322 3014 10294
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 248DEG 5KT 3021 10339

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Special weather statement, May 28, 2:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
214 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

TXZ075-277>279-281945-
Pecos TX-Central Brewster County TX-Davis Mountains Foothills TX-
Davis Mountains TX-
214 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PECOS AND
NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

At 214 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles southwest of Marathon, or 20 miles southeast of Alpine, moving
southeast at 10 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Marathon, Elephant Mountain and Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management
Area.

LAT...LON 3001 10355 3028 10356 3051 10322 3057 10303
      3035 10290 3005 10322
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 335DEG 7KT 3015 10342

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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 27, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	93 min
May 27, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	39 min
May 27, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	40 min
May 27, 7:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock	3 hr
May 27, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Terrell	79 min
May 28, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	34 min
May 28, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	67 min
May 28, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	45 min
May 28, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	66 min
May 28, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	31 min
May 28, 3:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
May 28, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	66 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	33 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	44 min
May 28, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		43 min
May 28, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	67 min
May 28, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	42 min
May 28, 4:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
May 28, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves	66 min
May 28, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	37 min
May 28, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	45 min
May 28, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Upton, Ward	59 min
May 28, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	23 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	48 min
May 28, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler	58 min
May 28, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	39 min
May 28, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton, Ward, Winkler	64 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Upton, Ward	2 hr
May 28, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	49 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.