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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 18, 2015Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2015, 9:13 PM CDT for Andrews 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 18, 2015, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Andrews County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 339 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1561 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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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, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 1:02 PM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
102 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-191815-
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-
102 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015 /1202 PM MDT THU JUN 18 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND UPPER TRANS PECOS AREAS OF WEST
TEXAS. MORE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE DAVIS AND CHISOS MOUNTAINS. WIND GUSTS TO 50
MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING
WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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, Jun 18, 3:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
321 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

TXZ045-050-182045-
GAINES-ANDREWS-
321 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS AND SOUTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM
CDT...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO NICKEL-SIZE
AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FRANKEL CITY AT 321 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTH 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 3230 10274 3228 10303 3257 10298 3259 10283
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 356DEG 13KT 3250 10290
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin27 min
Jun 18, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews24 min
Jun 19, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF42 min
Jun 19, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea40 min
Jun 19, 5:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 hr

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Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.