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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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
$$
89The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 1:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 46 min | |
| Aug 1, 5:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 3 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.