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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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.
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
$$
87The 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, 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, 4:43 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.