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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 15 Ne Orla, TX | SOCIAL 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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
$$
80The 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, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 31 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, 5:46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.