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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 8, 2014Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 8, 2014, 4:09 AM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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: Jun 8, 2014, 4:09 AM CDT (09:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2014, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 1389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 22 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.

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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 Jun 8, 3:21 AM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:21 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:26 AM CDT, 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
326 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-090830-
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-
326 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014 /226 AM MDT SUN JUN 8 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRANS
PECOS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF 60
TO 75 MPH GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN WITH FLOODING OR FLASH
FLOODING AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY.

UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN RETURN TO THE AREA STARTING
NEXT WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB WELL ABOVE 100 DEGREES ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. THIS WILL MAY RESULT IN THE ISSUANCE OF HEAT
WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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, Jun 8, 1:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
100 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

TXZ045>047-080630-
DAWSON-GAINES-BORDEN-
100 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55
MPH WINDS AFFECTING NORTHERN BORDEN...NORTHERN DAWSON AND NORTHEASTERN
GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...

A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE ADVISORY AREA
AT 1257 AM CDT. NORTH WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN ADVANCE OF
THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. TOWNS IMPACTED
INCLUDE LAMESA...SEMINOLE...WELCH AND GAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3270 10119 3267 10180 3269 10270 3294 10271
      3292 10120
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 318DEG 20KT 3291 10190

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
132 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

TXZ046>048-080730-
DAWSON-SCURRY-BORDEN-
132 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND 40 TO 55
MPH WINDS AFFECTING BORDEN...DAWSON AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM
CDT...

A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE ADVISORY AREA
AT 129 AM CDT. NORTH WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN ADVANCE
AND WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
TOWNS IMPACTED INCLUDE LAMESA...WELCH...MESQUITE...FLUVANNA AND
SNYDER.

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 300 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3294 10067 3266 10066 3256 10144 3254 10198
      3255 10220 3295 10220
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 318DEG 20KT 3276 10177

Local storm report, Jun 8, 2:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:09 AM 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
Jun 7, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	44 min
Jun 7, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	32 min
Jun 7, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	27 min
Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	59 min
Jun 7, 8:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	3 hr
Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		24 min
Jun 7, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	56 min
Jun 7, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	39 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	61 min
Jun 8, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Gaines	30 min
Jun 8, 1:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Gaines	3 hr
Jun 8, 1:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Scurry	58 min
Jun 8, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	66 min
Jun 8, 3:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Scurry	3 hr
Jun 8, 10:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	32 min
Jun 8, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	23 min
Jun 8, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		28 min
Jun 8, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	55 min
Jun 8, 2:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	20 hr
Jun 8, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	29 min
Jun 8, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	55 min
Jun 8, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	53 min
Jun 8, 4:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves	3 hr
Jun 8, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	61 min
Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	30 min
Jun 8, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	62 min
Jun 8, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	53 min
Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	63 min
Jun 8, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	60 min
Jun 7, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	30 min
Jun 7, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	27 min
Jun 7, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	60 min
Jun 7, 11:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Eddy, Lea	3 hr
Jun 7, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy, Lea	62 min
Jun 8, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy, Lea	64 min
Jun 8, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	63 min
Jun 8, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Lea	61 min
Jun 8, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy, Lea	62 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.