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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2013, 3:12 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 25, 2013, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2013, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 25, 1:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 1:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 119 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 .DISCUSSION... SATELLITE SHOWS SOME CUMULUS DEVELOPING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WITH MORE EXPECTED DOWN INTO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTENSIFYING INTO THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH A CAP IN PLACE OVER THE CENTRAL CWA. THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE EASTERN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL ERODE THE CAP BUT NOT MUCH ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THERE. SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE WARMER AND DRY DUE TO WEAK UPPER RIDGING/ZONAL FLOW. DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AND 60S WILL ALLOW FOR SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS BOTH DAYS VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS PERHAPS DEVELOPING IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS OR ALONG THE LEE TROUGH BUT CHANCES ARE TOO LOW TO WARRANT MENTIONING THUNDER IN THE FORECAST. TUESDAY AN UPPER TROUGH BEGINS MOVING OUT OF CALIFORNIA BACKING UPPER WINDS MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND PULLING DEEPER MOISTURE FURTHER WEST. WEAK DISTURBANCES AHEAD OF THE TROUGH MAY GET THE DRYLINE ACTIVE AND HAVE ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WILL KEEP THEM IN THE EAST FOR NOW BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WEST TO INCLUDE THE ENTIRE CWA. LOWERING HEIGHTS WILL ALSO HELP HIGH TEMPS DROP TO NEAR NORMAL. THE TROUGH PASSES THURSDAY AND ZONAL FLOW ONCE AGAIN WILL BRING A RETURN OF WARMER TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. HENNIG && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ANDREWS TX 67 95 68 97 / 10 10 10 10 BIG SPRING TX 68 93 69 95 / 10 10 10 10 CARLSBAD NM 66 99 65 100 / 20 0 10 10 DRYDEN TX 69 93 69 94 / 20 10 10 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 68 96 70 98 / 10 10 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 62 88 62 91 / 20 0 10 10 HOBBS NM 64 97 65 97 / 20 10 10 10 MARFA TX 60 90 61 92 / 20 10 10 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 68 94 69 96 / 10 10 10 10 ODESSA TX 68 94 69 97 / 10 10 10 10 WINK TX 68 99 70 102 / 10 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 12/10
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 1:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 119 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-261200- 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- 119 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 /1219 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THE MOST PERSISTENT ACTIVITY WILL BE ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE VAN HORN HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR IN CULBERSON COUNTY. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE MARFA PLATEAU. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. .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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:12 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 312 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 TXZ075-252045- PECOS- 312 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIERRA MADERA OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON ALONG HIGHWAY 385 AT 312 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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. && LAT...LON 3078 10283 3059 10268 3046 10298 3061 10309 TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 237DEG 10KT 3058 10294
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 67 min |
| May 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 53 min |
| May 24, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 59 min |
| May 25, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 43 min |
| May 25, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 43 min |
| May 25, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 54 min |
| May 25, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 57 min |
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 59 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.