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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 3:29 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 9, 2021, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
County Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
225
WWUS84 KMAF 092029
SPSMAF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
329 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
TXZ274-092115-
Reeves County Plains TX-
329 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Reeves
County through 415 PM CDT...
At 329 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Toyah. This storm was nearly stationary.
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...
Toyah.
This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 15 and 30.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3123 10387 3140 10407 3156 10377 3128 10362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 244DEG 4KT 3135 10384
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
91The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 52 min |
| 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, 3:46 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.