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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2024, 4:29 PM CDT for Crane County, Pecos County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 30, 2024, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 766 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
930
WUUS54 KMAF 302129
SVRMAF
TXC103-371-461-302200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0021.240430T2129Z-240430T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
429 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Pecos County in southwestern Texas...
Southeastern Crane County in western Texas...
Southwestern Upton County in western Texas...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 429 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southwest
of McCamey, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
McCamey, Girvin, and Upton County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3108 10214 3108 10237 3107 10233 3103 10229
3104 10225 3103 10221 3100 10219 3101 10218
3100 10215 3089 10216 3091 10229 3098 10247
3113 10249 3116 10231 3115 10213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 272DEG 19KT 3103 10236
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
881 follow-up statement
466
WWUS54 KMAF 302139
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
439 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
TXC103-371-461-302200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240430T2200Z/
Pecos TX-Crane TX-Upton TX-
439 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PECOS...SOUTHEASTERN CRANE AND SOUTHWESTERN UPTON
COUNTIES...
At 439 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest of
McCamey, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
McCamey, Girvin, and Upton County Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3108 10214 3108 10237 3107 10233 3103 10229
3104 10225 3103 10221 3100 10219 3101 10218
3100 10215 3089 10216 3091 10229 3100 10247
3114 10242 3116 10231 3115 10213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 271DEG 19KT 3103 10229
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
88The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2:18 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 11 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Culberson | 33 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Upton | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Upton | 66 min |
| Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Upton | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 5:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 37 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.