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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 1, 2021Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 3:04 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
Aug 1, 2021, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 147 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, 8.1 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 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 757 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 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
757 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

296 
WWUS84 KMAF 012004
SPSMAF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
304 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021
 
TXZ067-274-012045-
Ward TX-Reeves County Plains TX-
304 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL
WARD COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

At 303 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Pecos, moving south at 20 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Pecos, Barstow, Verhalen, Toyah Lake and Pecos Municipal Airport. 

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 27 and 50.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Heavy 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 10368 3153 10338 3114 10329 3110 10355
      3114 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 004DEG 16KT 3142 10352 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 3:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson47 min
Aug 1, 1:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Aug 1, 1:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell3 hr
Aug 1, 2:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane3 hr
Aug 1, 2:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Aug 1, 3:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFTerrell3 hr
Aug 1, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Aug 1, 4:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Aug 1, 4:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
Aug 1, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF46 min
Aug 1, 5:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Pecos3 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.