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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 23, 2014Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 23, 2014, 4:52 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 23, 2014, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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: 355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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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 23, 3:54 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 3:54 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 2:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
207 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-241915-
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-
207 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014 /107 PM MDT WED APR 23 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WARM...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON.
RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL OCCUR WITH ANY FIRES THAT
START...SO CAUTION IS ADVISED. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FOR THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON A DRYLINE OVER
THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS...EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS
PECOS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE
SEVERE WITH AT LEAST GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60
MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STRONGER
STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WARM...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND WEST TEXAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF
A DRYLINE OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS...EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND
LOWER TRANS PECOS SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONGER
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A LOW POSSIBILITY FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION EAST OF A GAIL
TO FT STOCKTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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 23, 4:35 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 23, 4:52 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 23, 3:53 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF		19 hr
Apr 23, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	25 min
Apr 23, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crockett	25 min
Apr 23, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	30 min
Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	25 min
Apr 23, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	38 min
Apr 23, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	29 min
Apr 23, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	50 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.