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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 3, 2021Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2021, 8:34 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 3, 2021, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 849 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

396 
WWUS84 KMAF 040134
SPSMAF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
834 PM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021
 
TXZ274-278-040215-
Reeves County Plains TX-Davis Mountains Foothills TX-
834 PM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN REEVES AND NORTH
CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

At 834 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Balmorhea, or 14 miles south of Toyah, moving south at
20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Toyah, Balmorhea, Balmorhea Lake, Balmorhea State Park, Saragosa and
Toyahvale.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 10 between mile markers 194 and 215.
 Interstate 20 between mile markers 14 and 28.

LAT...LON 3135 10386 3136 10360 3089 10360 3093 10399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 007DEG 32KT 3110 10379 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson, Reeves4 hr
Jul 3, 9:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward4 hr
Jul 4, 1:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Jul 4, 1:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFJeff Davis2 hr
Jul 4, 1:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry28 hr
Jul 4, 2:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis3 hr
Jul 4, 3:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio4 hr
Jul 4, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis52 min
Jul 4, 5:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Jul 4, 6:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis3 hr
Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson3 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.