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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 31, 2021Loving County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2021, 2:06 PM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 31, 2021, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2021, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Loving County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2021-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1949 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1949 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.1

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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 31, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 2:02 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
202 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-011915-
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-
202 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021 /102 PM MDT Mon May 31 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible once again today into
tonight. Large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rain resulting in
flash flooding are the main concerns. An isolated tornado will also
be possible. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect.

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for much of the Permian Basin until
Tuesday morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible Tuesday and
Wednesday, with storm chances persisting through the end of the
week. The strongest storms will be capable of producing large hail
and damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is anticipated beginning this afternoon.

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 31, 10:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1020 AM CDT Mon May 31 2021

TXZ050-060>062-311600-
Midland TX-Andrews TX-Ector TX-Winkler TX-
1020 AM CDT Mon May 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ECTOR...SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS...
NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND AND EAST CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM
CDT...

At 1019 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of West Odessa, or 16 miles west of Odessa, moving east at
30 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Odessa, Goldsmith, Midland International Air and Space Port, West
Odessa, Odessa Schlemeyer Field, Notrees, Penwell and Warfield.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 97 and 129.

LAT...LON 3166 10280 3191 10285 3216 10274 3221 10226
      3186 10215
TIME...MOT...LOC 1519Z 248DEG 24KT 3183 10263

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Local storm report, May 31, 10:54 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 31, 11:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1120 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1116 AM     HAIL             6 NE ODESSA             31.92N 102.30W
05/31/2021  E1.00 INCH       Ector              TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            REPORTED TO BE COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

SAMANTHA.ZUBER
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1236 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021

TXZ051-052-062-063-311815-
Midland TX-Martin TX-Glasscock TX-Howard TX-
1236 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN GLASSCOCK...NORTHEASTERN
MIDLAND...SOUTHERN HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 115
PM CDT...

At 1236 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lomax, or 13 miles northwest of Garden City, moving northeast at 20
mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Big Spring, Greenwood, Stanton, Forsan, Sand Springs, Lomax, Big
Spring Country Club, Courtney, Big Spring McMahon-Wrinkle Airpark,
Stanton Municipal Aiport, Elbow and Spraberry.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 146 and 187.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
western Texas.

LAT...LON 3209 10126 3195 10127 3182 10186 3215 10201
      3236 10138 3209 10120
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 235DEG 19KT 3203 10161

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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1141 AM MDT Mon May 31 2021

NMZ028-033-034-311815-
Southern Lea County NM-Eddy County Plains NM-Central Lea County NM-
1141 AM MDT Mon May 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDDY AND
SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 PM MDT...

At 1141 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles northeast of Loving, or 14 miles east of Carlsbad, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Halfway.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM MDT for
southeastern New Mexico.

LAT...LON 3216 10393 3251 10416 3280 10382 3246 10343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1741Z 219DEG 19KT 3245 10399

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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
206 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021

NMZ028-034-TXZ059-273-274-311930-
Southern Lea County NM-Eddy County Plains NM-Loving TX-
Eastern Culberson County TX-Reeves County Plains TX-
206 PM CDT Mon May 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDDY...SOUTHWESTERN
LEA...NORTHWESTERN REEVES...NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON AND NORTHWESTERN
LOVING COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT/130 PM MDT/...

At 206 PM CDT/106 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 22 miles southeast of McKittrick Canyon, or 23 miles
east of Pine Springs, moving east at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Red Bluff Reservoir, Orla and Red Bluff.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT/600 PM
MDT/ for southeastern New Mexico...and western and southwestern
Texas.

LAT...LON 3168 10460 3193 10455 3235 10373 3204 10359
      3166 10412
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 286DEG 19KT 3184 10441

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry35 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF45 min
May 30, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCochran44 min
May 30, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden40 min
May 30, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson42 min
May 30, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden15 min
May 30, 11:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson2 hr
May 31, 12:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Scurry112 min
May 31, 12:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Dawson3 hr
May 31, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden44 min
May 31, 2:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson, Scurry3 hr
May 31, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Scurry64 min
May 31, 2:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
May 31, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson51 min
May 31, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson59 min
May 31, 5:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell47 min
May 31, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Reeves38 min
May 31, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving45 min
May 31, 7:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving, Winkler39 min
May 31, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews, Ector, Winkler44 min
May 31, 8:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor42 min
May 31, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell68 min
May 31, 8:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving51 min
May 31, 9:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWinkler45 min
May 31, 9:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson2 hr
May 31, 10:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor40 min
May 31, 10:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFScurry4 hr
May 31, 10:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Scurry4 hr
May 31, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland59 min
May 31, 10:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
May 31, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland64 min
May 31, 11:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
May 31, 12:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry3 hr
May 31, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward39 min
May 31, 12:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward2 hr
May 31, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos51 min
May 31, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving32 min
May 31, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos60 min
May 31, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves61 min
May 31, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler58 min
May 31, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
May 31, 3:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMidland3 hr
May 31, 3:24 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFPecos36 min
May 31, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos54 min
May 31, 3:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFPecos32 min
May 31, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock27 min
May 31, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler63 min
May 31, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos26 min
May 31, 4:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFPecos, Terrell45 min
May 31, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell39 min
May 31, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF51 min
May 31, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell63 min
May 31, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward63 min
May 31, 5:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFPecos, Terrell45 min
May 31, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell52 min
May 31, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF48 min
May 31, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane26 min
May 31, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell62 min
May 31, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves61 min
May 31, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane41 min
May 31, 6:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Terrell3 hr
May 31, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Terrell49 min
May 31, 6:40 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFScurry20 hr
May 31, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos56 min
May 31, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves55 min
May 31, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell33 min
May 30, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea41 min
May 30, 7:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 hr
May 30, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy44 min
May 30, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy65 min
May 30, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy51 min
May 31, 6:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 hr
May 31, 8:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy37 min
May 31, 12:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy34 min
May 31, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea60 min
May 31, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy40 min
May 31, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy25 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.