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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 3:46 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
221
WWUS84 KMAF 092046
SPSMAF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
346 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
TXZ075-274-092130-
Pecos TX-Reeves County Plains TX-
346 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Pecos
and southeastern Reeves Counties through 430 PM CDT...
At 346 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 22
miles west of Fort Stockton, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size 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...
Firestone Test Track.
This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 231 and 246.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 10318 3079 10338 3112 10332 3104 10302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 197DEG 13KT 3084 10326
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 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, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 46 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.