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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 9, 2021Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 4:29 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, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
50

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

429 
WWUS84 KMAF 092129
SPSMAF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
429 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
 
TXZ067-274-092215-
Ward TX-Reeves County Plains TX-
429 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Reeves and
west central Ward Counties through 515 PM CDT...

At 429 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19
miles southeast of Pecos, moving northwest at 10 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...
Pecos, Barstow, Toyah Lake, Pecos Municipal Airport and B F Goodrich
Testing Track.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 40 and 53.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3125 10325 3110 10341 3122 10358 3148 10350
      3148 10332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 130DEG 8KT 3117 10334 

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, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos44 min
Aug 9, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves43 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.