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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, 10:13 AM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-585 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
453 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, 6:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:26 AM CDT, 6 hours 47 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

Local storm report, Jun 8, 9:50 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
950 AM CDT SUN JUN 08 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0438 PM     HAIL             1 E ALPINE              30.36N 103.65W
06/07/2014  E2.75 INCH       BREWSTER           TX   PUBLIC

            THERE WERE CAR DENTS, DAMAGED SHINGLES, AND BROKEN HOUSE
            WINDOWS. HAIL LASTED FOR 8 MINUTES.

&&

MSCHULDT
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:13 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1013 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

TXZ045-046-081545-
DAWSON-GAINES-
1013 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTHEASTERN GAINES AND NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM
CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF SEAGRAVES AT 1012
AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3294 10196 3269 10222 3269 10267 3294 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 247DEG 20KT 3288 10247

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster44 min
Jun 7, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard32 min
Jun 7, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews27 min
Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines59 min
Jun 7, 8:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF24 min
Jun 7, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster56 min
Jun 7, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines39 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines61 min
Jun 8, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Gaines30 min
Jun 8, 1:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson, Gaines3 hr
Jun 8, 1:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Scurry58 min
Jun 8, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines66 min
Jun 8, 3:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Scurry3 hr
Jun 8, 4:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines36 min
Jun 8, 11:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson23 min
Jun 8, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF28 min
Jun 8, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos55 min
Jun 8, 2:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFBorden, Dawson, Gaines, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry20 hr
Jun 8, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos29 min
Jun 8, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster55 min
Jun 8, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis53 min
Jun 8, 4:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves3 hr
Jun 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos61 min
Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell3 hr
Jun 8, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster30 min
Jun 8, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Presidio62 min
Jun 8, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos53 min
Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell63 min
Jun 8, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster60 min
Jun 7, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea30 min
Jun 7, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea27 min
Jun 7, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea60 min
Jun 7, 11:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea3 hr
Jun 7, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea62 min
Jun 8, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea64 min
Jun 8, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea63 min
Jun 8, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea61 min
Jun 8, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea62 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.