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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 23, 2013Reeves County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1598 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

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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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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

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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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves60 min
May 23, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson53 min
May 23, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio38 min
May 23, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio50 min
May 23, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving27 min
May 23, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos55 min
May 23, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio62 min
May 23, 4:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
May 23, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio57 min
May 23, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving25 min
May 23, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos53 min
May 23, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Winkler67 min
May 23, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson58 min
May 23, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving25 min
May 23, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves66 min
May 23, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF30 min
May 23, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio65 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Winkler62 min
May 23, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster60 min
May 23, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF54 min
May 23, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews56 min
May 23, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos54 min
May 23, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster61 min
May 23, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin55 min
May 23, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio55 min
May 23, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry62 min
May 23, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster64 min
May 23, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis53 min
May 23, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry63 min
May 23, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos34 min
May 23, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos34 min
May 23, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell62 min
May 23, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy37 min
May 23, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy59 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.