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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2014, 6:39 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 21 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 7, 2014, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
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 7, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 303 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-082015- 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- 303 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 /203 PM MDT WED MAY 7 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ONCE AGAIN FORECAST FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR RAPID TO EXTREME FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE FROM THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NORTH AND EAST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THESE HIGHER WINDS MAY DEVELOP EAST AND SOUTH INTO THE ADJACENT PLAINS...AS WELL AS THE DAVIS...APACHE...AND CHISOS MOUNTAINS... WHERE SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 123 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT FIRE POTENTIAL WEDNESDAY. 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 7, 5:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 620 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 TXZ070-072345- REAGAN- 620 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH AFFECTING REAGAN COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STILES AT 619 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM WAS MOSTLY DRY AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND DRY LIGHTNING. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3163 10173 3161 10130 3121 10140 3134 10177 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 213DEG 26KT 3137 10162
Special weather statement, May 7, 6:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
639 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
TXZ068>070-075-082-080000-
CRANE-PECOS-REAGAN-UPTON-TERRELL-
639 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
EASTERN PECOS...NORTH CENTRAL TERRELL...SOUTHEASTERN CRANE...SOUTHERN
UPTON AND SOUTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR AT 637 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOSTLY DRY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 55 MPH AND DRY LIGHTNING.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3108 10178 3108 10236 3104 10229 3104 10221
3102 10219 3100 10214 3099 10208 3100 10203
3099 10202 3099 10198 3092 10188 3043 10222
3057 10278 3129 10230 3121 10177
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 216DEG 28KT 3082 10222
HUFFMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:34 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 16 hr | |
| May 7, 5:46 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 19 hr | |
| May 7, 5:46 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 16 hr | |
| May 7, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 23 min |
| May 7, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 23 min |
| May 7, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reagan | 25 min |
| May 7, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Upton | 34 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.