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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 26, 2021Dawson County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2021, 7:36 PM CDT for Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2021, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Dawson County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 26, 7:38 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 Wsw Lamesa, TX	MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF A LANDSPOUT TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 180 APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LAMESA. LANDSPOUT TORNADO REMAINED OVER AN OPEN FIELD AND HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY RATING OF EF UNKNOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 26, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 287 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: 667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

877 
WFUS54 KMAF 270036
TORMAF
TXC115-270100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0018.210627T0036Z-210627T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
736 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Dawson County in western Texas...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 736 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles west of
  Lamesa, moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Public confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Dawson County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Midland.

&&

LAT...LON 3261 10206 3271 10214 3273 10212 3269 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 306DEG 10KT 3270 10210 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

224 
WWUS54 KMAF 270057 RRA
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
757 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

TXC115-270107-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210627T0100Z/
Dawson TX-
757 PM CDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
western Texas.

LAT...LON 3261 10206 3271 10214 3273 10212 3269 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 306DEG 10KT 3267 10204 

$$

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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
Jun 26, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	42 min
Jun 26, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Yoakum	50 min
Jun 26, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	60 min
Jun 26, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	67 min
Jun 26, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland	29 min
Jun 26, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	58 min
Jun 26, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Dawson	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland, Mitchell	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	65 min
Jun 26, 8:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector, Ward, Winkler	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler	54 min
Jun 26, 8:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson	3 hr
Jun 26, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler	3 min
Jun 26, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	43 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Scurry	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	44 min
Jun 26, 9:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	54 min
Jun 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Scurry	2 hr
Jun 26, 9:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Martin	3 hr
Jun 26, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	58 min
Jun 26, 10:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Dawson	3 hr
Jun 26, 11:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson	3 hr
Jun 27, 12:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Scurry	3 hr
Jun 27, 2:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 12 more	4 days
Jun 27, 4:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland	115 min
Jun 27, 4:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Dawson, Martin	2 hr
Jun 27, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard	111 min
Jun 27, 5:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	44 min
Jun 27, 5:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland, Upton	3 hr
Jun 27, 6:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio	2 hr
Jun 27, 6:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard, Mitchell	119 min
Jun 27, 7:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler	3 hr
Jun 27, 7:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Jeff Davis, Reeves	3 hr
Jun 27, 7:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward	3 hr
Jun 27, 8:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland, Upton	4 hr
Jun 27, 10:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	3 hr
Jun 27, 10:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	3 hr
Jun 27, 12:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	37 min
Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector, Martin, Midland	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.