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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 9, 2021Pecos County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin52 min
Aug 8, 7:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMartin114 min
Aug 9, 1:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Aug 9, 2:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves3 hr
Aug 9, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves46 min
Aug 9, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves43 min
Aug 9, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves46 min
Aug 9, 4:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Reeves, Ward2 hr
Aug 9, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard43 min
Aug 9, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster26 min
Aug 9, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWinkler44 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.