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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 11, 2015

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2015, 7:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 56 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: May 11, 2015, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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 May 11, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 5:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 2:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
216 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-121930-
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-
216 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015 /116 PM MDT MON MAY 11 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS AND
WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY FOR
THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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, May 11, 2:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
213 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

TXZ074-081-112015-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-BIG BEND AREA-
213 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF MARATHON AT 213
PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 3044 10325 3014 10282 2987 10329 3006 10354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 237DEG 10KT 3005 10330

Special weather statement, May 11, 7:49 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
May 11, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	24 min
May 11, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		66 min
May 11, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	66 min
May 11, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	26 min
May 12, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	3 hr
May 12, 7:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Midland	2 hr
May 12, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	63 min
May 12, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	37 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.