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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 26, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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 26, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Brewster County, TX
The radar
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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 Sep 26, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 150 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-271900- 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- 150 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 /1250 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH GUSTY WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY. THIS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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 44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 5:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 558 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 TXZ081-262330- BIG BEND AREA- 558 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF PERSIMMON GAP MOVING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2950 10284 2952 10301 2971 10303 2968 10278 TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 000DEG 0KT 2959 10292
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
620 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
TXZ046-051-262345-
DAWSON-MARTIN-
620 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55
MPH WINDS AFFECTING NORTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH
OF TARZAN AT 619 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS.
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LAT...LON 3279 10182 3254 10169 3221 10171 3223 10199
3243 10211
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 226DEG 13KT 3243 10196Special weather statement, Sep 26, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 23 min |
| Sep 26, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 29 min |
| Sep 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Dawson | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 26 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.