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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 19, 2014Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2014, 9:13 PM CDT for Terrell 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
Apr 19, 2014, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

163 
WWUS84 KMAF 200213
SPSMAF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
913 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2014

TXZ075-081-082-200245-
PECOS-TERRELL-BIG BEND AREA-
913 PM CDT SAT APR 19 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS AND WEST CENTRAL TERRELL
COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW AT
913 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3031 10232 2997 10227 2997 10283 3012 10283
      3027 10284
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 262DEG 30KT 3011 10271

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster37 min
Apr 19, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Reeves, Ward58 min
Apr 19, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis30 min
Apr 19, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio32 min
Apr 19, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF28 min
Apr 19, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio27 min
Apr 19, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster40 min
Apr 20, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF66 min
Apr 20, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos54 min
Apr 20, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell58 min
Apr 20, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos24 min
Apr 20, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton31 min
Apr 20, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton23 min
Apr 20, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton31 min
Apr 20, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton30 min
Apr 20, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton65 min
Apr 20, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell63 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.