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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 7, 2014Pecos County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1216 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
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

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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 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, May 7, 3:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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, May 7, 6:07 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 7, 6:20 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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

HUFFMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 5:34 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF16 hr
May 7, 5:46 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAF19 hr
May 7, 5:46 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMAF16 hr
May 7, 5:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland23 min
May 7, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster, Pecos23 min
May 7, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan25 min
May 7, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFUpton34 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.