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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 24, 2021Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 3:02 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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 24, 2021, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-320 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

054 
WWUS84 KMAF 242002
SPSMAF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
302 PM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
 
TXZ075-242045-
Pecos TX-
302 PM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM
CDT...

At 302 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles southeast of Fort Stockton, moving south at 10 mph.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Pecos
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Midland.

&&

LAT...LON 3064 10259 3064 10288 3083 10282 3083 10269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 341DEG 9KT 3077 10275 

$$

44

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos51 min
Jul 24, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos32 min
Jul 24, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos44 min
Jul 24, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin41 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.