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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 13, 2012Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2012, 12:13 AM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 17 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
Oct 13, 2012, 12:13 AM MDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2012, 12:30 AM MDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1378 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

148 
WWUS84 KMAF 130613
SPSMAF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
113 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

NMZ029-033-TXZ045-130630-
GAINES-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-
1213 AM MDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EAST CENTRAL LEA AND NORTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM
MDT/130 AM CDT/...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF HUMBLE CITY AT
1213 AM MDT/113 AM CDT/...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT SATURDAY
MORNING/200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
WEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3316 10306 3296 10306 3297 10300 3296 10296
      3296 10295 3276 10327 3296 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 230DEG 25KT 3293 10317

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 7:45 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningMAFBrewster7 hr
Oct 12, 8:36 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningMAFBrewster11 hr
Oct 12, 9:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum31 min
Oct 13, 3:15 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningMAF15 hr
Oct 13, 1:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry35 min
Oct 12, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy24 min
Oct 12, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea29 min
Oct 12, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea66 min
Oct 12, 7:48 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea27 min
Oct 12, 8:24 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea36 min
Oct 12, 8:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea27 min
Oct 12, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea25 min
Oct 12, 9:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea37 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 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.