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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2021, 7:23 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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 8, 2021, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
County Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
218
WWUS84 KMAF 090023
SPSMAF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
723 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
TXZ046-051-090115-
Martin TX-Dawson TX-
723 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Martin and
southeastern Dawson Counties through 815 PM CDT...
At 722 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Lenorah, or 20 miles north of Greenwood, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Ackerly, Lenorah, Tarzan, Sparenberg, Tenmile, Patricia and Klondike.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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 3211 10197 3223 10221 3225 10221 3265 10207
3255 10169 3248 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 216DEG 17KT 3231 10201
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
87The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Martin | 114 min |
| Aug 9, 1:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 4:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 44 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.