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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 29, 2021Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2021, 1:21 AM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell 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: May 29, 2021, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 2460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 18.5

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The text

As transmitted.

166 
WWUS84 KMAF 290621
SPSMAF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
121 AM CDT Sat May 29 2021
 
TXZ070-075-082-290700-
Pecos TX-Reagan TX-Terrell TX-
121 AM CDT Sat May 29 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PECOS...SOUTH CENTRAL
REAGAN AND TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

At 121 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 19 miles northwest of Ozona to 15 miles
southwest of Sheffield to 9 miles southeast of Fort Stockton.
Movement was south at 40 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Fort Stockton, Sheffield, Sanderson, Dryden, Terrell County Gas
Plant, Iraan and Iraan Municipal Airport.

This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 259 and 296, and
between mile markers 309 and 327.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3108 10159 3089 10189 3086 10185 3076 10184
      3066 10177 3062 10165 3055 10165 3047 10169
      3047 10173 3042 10174 3034 10166 3034 10172
      3029 10176 3007 10176 2998 10189 3022 10279
      3107 10292 3084 10213 3113 10148 3108 10145
TIME...MOT...LOC 0621Z 341DEG 35KT 3085 10149 3059 10206 3080 10278 

$$

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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 28, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Midland, Upton	58 min
May 28, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler	63 min
May 28, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	51 min
May 28, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Midland, Upton	62 min
May 28, 8:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	29 min
May 28, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	26 min
May 28, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	46 min
May 28, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Midland	47 min
May 28, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	60 min
May 28, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	32 min
May 28, 9:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
May 28, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin	55 min
May 28, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Culberson, Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler	65 min
May 28, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 4 more	60 min
May 28, 11:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson, Loving, Reeves, Winkler	2 hr
May 28, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane, Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton	58 min
May 28, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Loving, Reeves, Ward	66 min
May 28, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	40 min
May 29, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Mitchell	38 min
May 29, 12:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell	2 hr
May 29, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell	46 min
May 29, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan, Upton	42 min
May 29, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	49 min
May 29, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	47 min
May 29, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	25 min
May 29, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Reeves	52 min
May 29, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves	51 min
May 29, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Presidio	22 min
May 29, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Presidio	32 min
May 29, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	41 min
May 29, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis	33 min
May 29, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	28 min
May 29, 5:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis	3 hr
May 28, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	66 min
May 28, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy, Lea	67 min
May 28, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy, Lea	67 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.