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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 19, 2025Reagan County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2025, 4:01 PM CDT for Reagan County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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 19, 2025, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2025, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

835 
WUUS54 KMAF 192101
SVRMAF
TXC383-461-192145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0021.250419T2101Z-250419T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
401 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Reagan County in western Texas...
  Southeastern Upton County in western Texas...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 401 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rankin,
  moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Rankin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3108 10187 3108 10199 3117 10214 3146 10178
      3132 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 235DEG 21KT 3120 10195 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

93

1 follow-up statement

230 
WWUS54 KMAF 192119
SVSMAF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
419 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

TXC383-461-192145-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250419T2145Z/
Reagan TX-Upton TX-
419 PM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL REAGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTIES...

At 419 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles east of
Rankin, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Rankin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3108 10187 3119 10203 3143 10174 3143 10173
      3132 10159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 235DEG 22KT 3125 10178 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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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
Apr 19, 2:28 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF	Culberson	22 hr
Apr 19, 2:28 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves	22 hr
Apr 19, 2:49 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	MAF	Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Jeff Davis, Loving and 7 more	19 hr
Apr 19, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	25 min
Apr 19, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	42 min
Apr 19, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	45 min
Apr 19, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	51 min
Apr 19, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	40 min
Apr 19, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Reagan	48 min
Apr 19, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	45 min
Apr 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	66 min
Apr 19, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	40 min
Apr 19, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Crane, Reagan, Upton	38 min
Apr 19, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	42 min
Apr 19, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	47 min
Apr 19, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	41 min
Apr 19, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Upton	43 min
Apr 19, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Reagan	35 min
Apr 19, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton	60 min
Apr 19, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	47 min
Apr 19, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	61 min
Apr 19, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	55 min
Apr 19, 6:09 PM CDT	Dust Storm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves	81 min
Apr 19, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	30 min
Apr 19, 6:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	3 hr
Apr 19, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	48 min
Apr 19, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	42 min
Apr 19, 6:56 PM CDT	Dust Storm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Loving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler	94 min
Apr 19, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Reagan	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.