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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2013, 2:13 PM CDT for Reeves 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
- May 23, 2013, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2013, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 May 23, 1:23 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 1:23 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 1:41 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 141 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-241845- 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- 141 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 /1241 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 FROM WINK EASTWARD. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN INTO THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS. SOME STORMS IN THIS AREA WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THOUGH SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG...PARTICULARLY SATURDAY...THOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED. .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 05
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 213 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 TXZ057-058-074-075-080-231945- PECOS-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU- 213 PM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING JEFF DAVIS...NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL CULBERSON... SOUTHERN REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 210 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND NEARBY PLAINS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A STRONG STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF TOYAHVALE AT 211 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND MARBLE SIZED HAIL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3109 10275 3041 10349 3081 10448 3128 10445 TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 150DEG 3KT 3097 10394 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 60 min |
| May 23, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 53 min |
| May 23, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 38 min |
| May 23, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 50 min |
| May 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 27 min |
| May 23, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| May 23, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 62 min |
| May 23, 4:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 23, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 57 min |
| May 23, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 25 min |
| May 23, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 53 min |
| May 23, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Winkler | 67 min |
| May 23, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 58 min |
| May 23, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 25 min |
| May 23, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 66 min |
| May 23, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 30 min | |
| May 23, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 65 min |
| May 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Winkler | 62 min |
| May 23, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 60 min |
| May 23, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 54 min | |
| May 23, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 56 min |
| May 23, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 54 min |
| May 23, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 61 min |
| May 23, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 55 min |
| May 23, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 55 min |
| May 23, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 62 min |
| May 23, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 64 min |
| May 23, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 53 min |
| May 23, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 63 min |
| May 23, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 34 min |
| May 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 34 min |
| May 23, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 62 min |
| May 23, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 37 min |
| May 23, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 59 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.