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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 8:51 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
010 WWUS84 KMAF 020151 SPSMAF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 851 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021 TXZ045-050-020230- Andrews TX-Gaines TX- 851 PM CDT Sun Aug 1 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS AND SOUTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... At 851 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles west of Seminole, moving south at 15 mph. Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Paynes Corner. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential 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 3276 10299 3280 10279 3251 10259 3244 10300 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 338DEG 13KT 3270 10286 $$ 84
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 51 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.