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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 19, 2021, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Brewster County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 227 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 2026 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
620
WWUS84 KMAF 200021
SPSMAF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
721 PM CDT Thu Aug 19 2021
TXZ279-200045-
Central Brewster County TX-
721 PM CDT Thu Aug 19 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Brewster
County through 745 PM CDT...
At 721 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Marathon, or 27 miles southeast of Alpine, moving southeast 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...
Marathon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3021 10336 3023 10320 3002 10305 2996 10338
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 336DEG 10KT 3013 10327
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
88The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 8:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 113 min |
| Aug 20, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 2:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Crockett | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 6:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 3 hr |
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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.