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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 7, 2021Borden County, Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT for Borden County, Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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: Jun 7, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2021, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:19 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.2

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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 Jun 6, 9:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 9:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1027 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

TXZ045-046-070430-
Dawson TX-Gaines TX-
1027 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GAINES AND WESTERN DAWSON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

At 1027 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Seagraves Airport, or over Seagraves, moving southeast at 30 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Seminole, Seagraves, Seagraves Airport, Gaines County Airport, Welch,
Loop, Punkin Center, McKenzie Lake and Gaines County Park.

LAT...LON 3252 10214 3258 10279 3296 10278 3296 10192
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 298DEG 26KT 3293 10253

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1054 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

TXZ050-060>062-067-068-070500-
Midland TX-Andrews TX-Crane TX-Ector TX-Ward TX-Winkler TX-
1054 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ECTOR...SOUTHERN ANDREWS...
NORTHEASTERN WARD...NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND...WINKLER...NORTHWESTERN
CRANE AND NORTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

At 1054 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles west of Goldsmith, or 15 miles northeast of Kermit, moving
southeast at 35 mph.

Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Odessa, Monahans, Kermit, Wink, Thorntonville, Goldsmith, West
Odessa, Wickett, Roy Hurd Memorial Airport, Monahans Sandhills State
Park, Odessa Schlemeyer Field, Notrees, Penwell and Pleasant Farms.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 74 and 123.

LAT...LON 3166 10228 3150 10286 3166 10323 3200 10308
      3200 10306 3218 10306 3222 10279 3217 10225
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 294DEG 32KT 3199 10288

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:44 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1144 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

TXZ046-070530-
Dawson TX-
1144 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BORDEN...NORTHEASTERN
MARTIN AND SOUTHERN DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

At 1144 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lamesa, moving east at 25 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lamesa, Ackerly, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Los Ybanez, Sparenberg,
Tenmile, Patricia, Key and Klondike.

LAT...LON 3274 10169 3253 10169 3252 10170 3256 10220
      3280 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 279DEG 22KT 3274 10208

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:57 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1157 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

TXZ050-051-061-062-070545-
Midland TX-Martin TX-Andrews TX-Ector TX-
1157 PM CDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN ECTOR...SOUTHEASTERN
ANDREWS...MIDLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM
CDT...

At 1157 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Odessa, moving east at 30 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Midland, Odessa, Goldsmith, Midland International Air and Space Port,
West Odessa, Odessa Schlemeyer Field, Cotton Flat, Warfield, Midland
Airpark and Skywest Airport.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 106 and 149.

LAT...LON 3179 10267 3222 10257 3219 10191 3166 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 276DEG 25KT 3194 10233

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 12:15 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1215 AM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

TXZ046-047-070615-
Dawson TX-Borden TX-
1215 AM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BORDEN AND
NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

At 1215 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
O'donnell, or 15 miles south of Tahoka, moving east at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lamesa, Gail, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Los Ybanez, Arvana, Hancock
and Key.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3263 10138 3269 10203 3296 10194 3296 10138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 271DEG 18KT 3294 10179

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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
Jun 6, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	52 min
Jun 6, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	63 min
Jun 6, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector, Winkler	66 min
Jun 6, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	52 min
Jun 6, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	46 min
Jun 6, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector, Midland	48 min
Jun 7, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Scurry	55 min
Jun 7, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	44 min
Jun 7, 3:15 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Terrell, Winkler	18 hr
Jun 7, 2:00 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves	31 hr

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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.