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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 13, 2013Loving County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2013, 7:06 AM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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, 2013, 7:06 AM CDT (12:06 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2013, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Loving County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2013-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 462 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 2013-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
462 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
889 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.9

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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 Oct 13, 5:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 5:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 3:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
314 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-132000-
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-
314 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013 /214 AM MDT SUN OCT 13 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY WITH
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THROUGH
TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT FOR THE
BIG BEND AREA...STOCKTON PLATEAU...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND THE
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
LAMESA TO LAJITAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS
MONDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 1 PM CDT
MONDAY GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LAMESA TO LAJITAS.

.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, Oct 13, 7:06 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
706 AM CDT SUN OCT 13 2013

NMZ028-033-034-TXZ058-059-131300-
LOVING-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-
606 AM MDT SUN OCT 13 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTH CENTRAL REEVES...NORTHWESTERN LOVING...SOUTHEASTERN EDDY AND
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM MDT/800 AM CDT/...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF HALFWAY AT 604 AM
MDT/704 AM CDT/...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED ON THE EDDY AND LEA COUNTY LINE 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HALFWAY...AND 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORLA. BOTH STORMS
ARE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...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 3274 10398 3264 10316 3185 10356 3185 10387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1204Z 178DEG 15KT 3222 10370

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 4:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 10 more29 hr
Oct 13, 10:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Oct 13, 11:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Martin60 min
Oct 13, 12:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson3 hr
Oct 13, 1:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 hr
Oct 13, 1:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMartin3 hr
Oct 13, 1:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 13, 1:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews3 hr
Oct 13, 1:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 13, 2:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Oct 13, 3:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward3 hr
Oct 13, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland35 min
Oct 13, 3:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 13, 4:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Ward3 hr
Oct 13, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Upton35 min
Oct 13, 4:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson3 hr
Oct 13, 4:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock3 hr
Oct 13, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock33 min
Oct 13, 6:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFHoward3 hr
Oct 13, 6:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Upton3 hr
Oct 13, 6:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 13, 8:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 hr
Oct 13, 11:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea3 hr
Oct 13, 12:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea3 hr

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.