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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 20, 2015Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2015, 9:30 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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
Aug 20, 2015, 9:30 PM MDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2015, 10:30 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Eddy County, NM

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The text

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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 Aug 20, 6:26 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 6:26 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 1:00 PM MDT, 8 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
200 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2015

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-211900-
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-
200 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2015 /100 PM MDT THU AUG 20 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE TRANS PECOS
TODAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY WITH THE TRANS PECOS BEING THE FAVORED AREA. SUNDAY THE
POSSIBILITY OF STORMS WILL SPREAD FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS.
OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS.

.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, Aug 20, 3:39 PM MDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
439 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2015

TXZ074-081-202230-
BIG BEND AREA-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
439 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...

AT 437 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ALTUDA...OR 13 MILES
EAST OF ALPINE AFFECTING PARTS OF US HIGHWAY 90...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARATHON AND ALTUDA.

LAT...LON 3048 10365 3061 10347 3056 10331 3035 10301
      3009 10334 3029 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 308DEG 13KT 3040 10343

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 4:31 PM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
531 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2015

TXZ081-202315-
BIG BEND AREA-
531 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...

AT 529 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MARATHON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARATHON...AND PORTIONS OF US HIGHWAY
385 TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF MARATHON.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3016 10338 3021 10325 3010 10281 2981 10314
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 295DEG 25KT 3014 10325

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 6:24 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 9:30 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 6:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio51 min
Aug 21, 1:03 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews42 min
Aug 21, 6:28 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningMAFPresidio26 hr
Aug 21, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos58 min
Aug 20, 10:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy, Lea60 min
Aug 20, 11:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea64 min
Aug 21, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea64 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.