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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 24, 2014Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2014, 12:49 AM CDT for Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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 24, 2014, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2014, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1706 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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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 24, 12:24 AM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 12:24 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 2:30 PM CDT, 10 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
230 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-241200-
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-
230 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 /130 PM MDT MON JUN 23 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. ALTHOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THE GREATER CONCERN WILL
BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...
HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS MAINLY THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS
MOUNTAINS....UPPER TRANS PECOS...MARFA PLATEAU AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO PLAINS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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 23, 11:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF46 min
Jun 23, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson54 min
Jun 23, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson49 min
Jun 23, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson45 min
Jun 23, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson46 min
Jun 23, 10:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves48 min
Jun 23, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis47 min
Jun 23, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF50 min
Jun 23, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis49 min
Jun 24, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF48 min
Jun 24, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis47 min
Jun 24, 12:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPresidio3 hr
Jun 24, 12:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines23 min
Jun 24, 1:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster50 min
Jun 24, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines30 min
Jun 24, 1:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews, Ector, Winkler28 min
Jun 24, 1:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 hr
Jun 24, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor, Winkler29 min
Jun 24, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster64 min
Jun 24, 2:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland3 hr
Jun 24, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor40 min
Jun 24, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReagan60 min
Jun 24, 7:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReagan3 hr
Jun 24, 8:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell3 hr
Jun 24, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis33 min
Jun 23, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy67 min
Jun 23, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Jun 23, 9:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Jun 23, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea59 min
Jun 23, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea27 min
Jun 24, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea29 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.