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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 30, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 30, 2021, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Terrell County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
956
WWUS84 KMAF 302221
SPSMAF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
521 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021
TXZ075-082-302300-
Pecos TX-Terrell TX-
521 PM CDT Thu Sep 30 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of east central Pecos
and northeastern Terrell Counties through 600 PM CDT...
At 521 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles southwest of Sheffield, moving east 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...
Sheffield.
This includes Interstate 10 between mile markers 324 and 327.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 3052 10168 3047 10169 3046 10170 3047 10173
3044 10172 3043 10173 3050 10208 3067 10207
3076 10182 3070 10181 3068 10178 3065 10177
3065 10171 3062 10166 3059 10166 3055 10164
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 258DEG 10KT 3058 10200
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 43 min |
| Sep 30, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 42 min |
| Sep 30, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 24 min |
| Sep 30, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 47 min |
| Sep 30, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 36 min |
| Sep 30, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 53 min |
| Sep 30, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 46 min |
| Sep 30, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 47 min |
| Sep 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 44 min | |
| Sep 30, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 61 min |
| Sep 30, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 46 min |
| Sep 30, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 44 min |
| Sep 30, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 40 min |
| Sep 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 3:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 47 min | |
| Sep 30, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 44 min |
| Sep 30, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 53 min | |
| Sep 30, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 57 min |
| Sep 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 65 min |
| Sep 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 46 min |
| Sep 30, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 41 min |
| Sep 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 52 min |
| Sep 30, 4:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 34 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.