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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 27, 2014Glasscock County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2014, 10:13 PM CDT for Glasscock 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 27, 2014, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2014, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Glasscock County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 27, 6:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

TXZ075-272245-
PECOS-
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON AT
521 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3098 10255 3044 10257 3050 10295 3095 10296
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 272DEG 11KT 3074 10285

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	36 min
Jun 27, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	24 min
Jun 27, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	30 min
Jun 28, 2:15 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MAF	Loving, Ward, Winkler	3 days
Jun 28, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	33 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.