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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2021, 5:46 PM CDT for Winkler 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, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 50
County Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
880
WWUS84 KMAF 092246
SPSMAF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
546 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
NMZ034-TXZ050-059-060-092330-
Southern Lea County NM-Loving TX-Andrews TX-Winkler TX-
546 PM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...A strong outflow boundary and multiple strong thunderstorms will
impact portions of southeastern Lea, southwestern Andrews, central
Winkler and northeastern Loving Counties through 630 PM CDT/530 PM
MDT/...
At 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 7 miles west of Wink, moving northeast at 25 mph with
an outflow boundary near Kermit moving northeast at 40 mph.
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...
Kermit, Jal, Wink, Jal Airport, Bennett and Winkler County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 10306 3183 10334 3224 10338 3209 10286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 210DEG 22KT 3178 10328
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 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, 4:29 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 |
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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.