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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 21, 2021Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 21, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Brewster County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 252 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2927 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-239 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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986 
WWUS84 KMAF 212313
SPSMAF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
613 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021
 
TXZ075-277-279-282-220015-
Pecos TX-Central Brewster County TX-Lower Brewster County TX-
Davis Mountains TX-
613 PM CDT Mon Jun 21 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS...CENTRAL
BREWSTER AND EASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

At 613 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong 
thunderstorms 21 miles northwest of Persimmon Gap, or 35 miles 
southeast of Alpine, moving southwest at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Marathon, Persimmon Gap, Big Bend National Park, Elephant Mountain
Wildlife Management Area, Santiago Peak and Elephant Mountain.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2955 10365 2993 10380 2997 10380 3026 10345
      3040 10302 3007 10258 2934 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 052DEG 16KT 2989 10343 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum32 min
Jun 20, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews39 min
Jun 20, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines40 min
Jun 21, 2:53 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningMAFBrewster18 hr
Jun 21, 2:53 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAFCulberson22 hr
Jun 21, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster62 min
Jun 21, 6:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Pecos3 hr
Jun 21, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio45 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.