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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2013, 8:31 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 1, 2013, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Apr 1, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 451 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-022200- 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- 451 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013 /351 PM MDT MON APR 1 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND AREA. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL INCLUDE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS A LARGER AREA ALONG A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 6PM CDT. 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, Apr 1, 6:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
606 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013
TXZ067-068-075-012330-
CRANE-PECOS-WARD-
606 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
CENTRAL CRANE...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHEASTERN WARD COUNTIES
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF IMPERIAL AT 605 PM
CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3142 10287 3145 10257 3131 10248 3119 10256
3115 10285 3131 10295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 243DEG 25KT 3127 10280Special weather statement, Apr 1, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 629 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013 TXZ075-020000- PECOS- 629 PM CDT MON APR 1 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY AT 627 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STORM IS ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON AND WILL BE AFFECTING HIGHWAY 285. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. && LAT...LON 3082 10260 3053 10254 3055 10287 3076 10289 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 267DEG 11KT 3066 10274
Local storm report, Apr 1, 8:18 PM CDT, 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 60 min |
| Apr 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 66 min |
| Apr 2, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 56 min |
| Apr 2, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 59 min |
| Apr 2, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 29 min |
| Apr 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 55 min |
| Apr 2, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 52 min |
| Apr 2, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 53 min |
| Apr 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 33 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.