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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2012, 6:28 PM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 26, 2012, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Loving County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 26, 6:15 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:15 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 615 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... NO MAJOR AVIATION CONCERNS NEXT 24 HOURS...AS VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL. EXPECT SPORADIC WINDSHIFTS NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM VCTS...BEFORE CONVECTION DIES OUT FROM LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE EAST MONDAY AS A SFC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES TO THE EAST OF THE REGION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS DEVELOP A WIDESPREAD CU FIELD BY NOON...W/BASES 3.5-4.5 KFT AGL. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 44
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 2:23 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 223 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-271930- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 223 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 /123 PM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ALSO...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH THE FOCUS SHIFTING SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
408 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012
TXZ047-048-262145-
SCURRY-BORDEN-
408 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTHEASTERN BORDEN AND NORTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF FLUVANNA AT
408 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3288 10107 3272 10135 3296 10149 3297 10145
3297 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 062DEG 5KT 3292 10122Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 456 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 NMZ034-TXZ050-059-060-262230- LOVING-WINKLER-ANDREWS-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- 456 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN LOVING...NORTHWESTERN WINKLER...SOUTHEASTERN LEA AND SOUTHWESTERN ANDREWS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT/430 PM MDT/... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JAL AT 456 PM CDT/356 PM MDT/...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3179 10315 3201 10358 3223 10319 3216 10282 TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 053DEG 8KT 3208 10313
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 509 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 NMZ028-033-034-262245- SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 409 PM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL EDDY AND SOUTHWESTERN LEA COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY AT 409 PM MDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3220 10366 3239 10389 3255 10363 3239 10347 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 051DEG 6KT 3241 10364
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:28 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 528 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 TXZ058-074-262300- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 528 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS AND SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED OVER SARAGOSA AT 527 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM STRETCHED ACROSS I-10. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3065 10374 3131 10399 3115 10360 3090 10347 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 101DEG 9KT 3102 10367
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 628 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 TXZ058-059-270000- LOVING-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 628 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL CULBERSON...NORTHWESTERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL LOVING COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORLA AT 628 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3148 10394 3160 10416 3191 10390 3181 10372 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 033DEG 21KT 3178 10387
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 75 min |
| Aug 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 32 min |
| Aug 26, 6:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Martin, Midland | 114 min |
| Aug 26, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 36 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.