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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 2021Loving County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Loving County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 6:20 PM CDTHAIL 215 Ne Orla, TXSOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO OF HEN EGG SIZE HAIL ALONG 652 ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE STATE LINE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1694 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
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

As transmitted.

014 
WWUS84 KMAF 282245
SPSMAF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
545 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021
 
NMZ028-034-TXZ059-060-282330-
Southern Lea County NM-Eddy County Plains NM-Loving TX-Winkler TX-
545 PM CDT Fri May 28 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDDY...SOUTHEASTERN
LEA...NORTHWESTERN REEVES...NORTHWESTERN WINKLER AND NORTHERN LOVING
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT/530 PM MDT/...

At 544 PM CDT/444 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 19 miles northeast of Red Bluff Reservoir, or 23 miles
north of Mentone, moving east at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Jal, Jal Airport, Red Bluff Reservoir and Bennett. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT/900
PM MDT/ for southeastern New Mexico...and western and southwestern
Texas.

LAT...LON 3223 10313 3184 10315 3198 10395 3199 10395
      3198 10396 3215 10397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 270DEG 17KT 3205 10363 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell93 min
May 27, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock39 min
May 27, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock40 min
May 27, 7:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock3 hr
May 27, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Terrell79 min
May 28, 1:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster34 min
May 28, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster31 min
May 28, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster67 min
May 28, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos45 min
May 28, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos66 min
May 28, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster31 min
May 28, 3:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
May 28, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos66 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster33 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos44 min
May 28, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF43 min
May 28, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster67 min
May 28, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard42 min
May 28, 4:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
May 28, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves66 min
May 28, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster37 min
May 28, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Reeves, Upton, Ward59 min
May 28, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor23 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving48 min
May 28, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler58 min
May 28, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves39 min
May 28, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton, Ward, Winkler64 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Upton, Ward2 hr
May 28, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.