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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 17, 2021Reagan County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 17, 2021, 11:28 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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: Sep 17, 2021, 11:28 PM CDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2021, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Reagan County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 404 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -409 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 17, 6:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 6:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 2:08 PM CDT, 9 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 7:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
726 PM CDT Fri Sep 17 2021

TXZ050-051-061-062-180115-
Midland TX-Martin TX-Andrews TX-Ector TX-
726 PM CDT Fri Sep 17 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Ector,
southeastern Andrews, northwestern Midland and southwestern Martin
Counties through 815 PM CDT...

At 725 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorms 8
miles northwest of Midland International Air and Space Port, or 8
miles north of Odessa, moving south at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Midland, Odessa, Midland International Air and Space Port, Warfield
and Odessa Schlemeyer Field.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 126 and 134.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3230 10240 3230 10220 3190 10209 3191 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 355DEG 15KT 3201 10234

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Sep 17, 11:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 17, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	49 min
Sep 18, 5:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	42 min
Sep 18, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		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.