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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 20, 2014

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2014, 1:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 66 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 20, 2014, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2014, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -251 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 20, 12:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 12:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 4:09 AM CDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
409 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-210915-
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-
409 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2014 /309 AM MDT SUN APR 20 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE
PERMIAN BASIN SOUTHWARD INTO TERRELL COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS
BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION.

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, Apr 20, 1:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	37 min
Apr 19, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Reeves, Ward	58 min
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	32 min
Apr 19, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	30 min
Apr 19, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	32 min
Apr 19, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		28 min
Apr 19, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	27 min
Apr 19, 11:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	40 min
Apr 20, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	54 min
Apr 20, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	58 min
Apr 20, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	24 min
Apr 20, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	31 min
Apr 20, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	23 min
Apr 20, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	31 min
Apr 20, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	30 min
Apr 20, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton	65 min
Apr 20, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Terrell	63 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2014 Every special weather statement in 2014

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.