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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 18, 2014Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2014, 4:13 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 18, 2014, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 18, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 1:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
154 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-191100-
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-
154 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 /1254 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THE
BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRETCH FROM THE NORTHWEST
PERMIAN SOUTH TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU. SOME OF
THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS
THE GREATER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. IN ADDITION THE STRONGER STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED
FLOODING POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. THE BEST CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
PLAINS SOUTH INTO THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS.
A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. THE BEST CHANCE
WILL BE ACROSS AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE PECOS RIVER IN WEST
TEXAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY
WINDS...HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS 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, Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:56 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:13 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
Jun 17, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	64 min
Jun 17, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	56 min
Jun 17, 7:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ward, Winkler	3 hr
Jun 17, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		44 min
Jun 17, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Winkler	62 min
Jun 17, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	60 min
Jun 17, 8:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Jun 17, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	64 min
Jun 17, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	60 min
Jun 17, 9:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	38 min
Jun 17, 9:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	64 min
Jun 17, 10:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Andrews	3 hr
Jun 17, 10:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson	3 hr
Jun 17, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	62 min
Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	28 min
Jun 18, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	41 min
Jun 18, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	49 min
Jun 18, 4:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	31 min
Jun 18, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	40 min
Jun 18, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		38 min
Jun 18, 4:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Pecos, Terrell	3 hr
Jun 18, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	30 min
Jun 18, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	46 min
Jun 18, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	29 min
Jun 18, 5:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Pecos	3 hr
Jun 18, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard, Martin	56 min
Jun 18, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	63 min
Jun 18, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Martin	3 hr
Jun 18, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		52 min
Jun 18, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	27 min
Jun 18, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	67 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Winkler	60 min
Jun 18, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Martin	57 min
Jun 18, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	48 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.