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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 20, 2016Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 20, 2016, 2:47 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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
Apr 20, 2016, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 12:00Z on 2016-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 20, 2:28 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 2:28 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 2:12 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
212 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-211915-
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-
212 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016 /112 PM MDT WED APR 20 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE LOWER TRANS PECOS
INTO THE BIG BEND REGION, AND PERHAPS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN,
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
OVER 50 MPH.

A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD OVER
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING
PLAINS LATE TONIGHT.  THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS NEAR 60 MPH,
AND PERHAPS PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

LINGERING STORMS COULD BE ONGOING OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN
THURSDAY MORNING.  GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

.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, Apr 20, 2:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
247 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016

TXZ075-081-082-202045-
TERRELL TX-BIG BEND AREA TX-PECOS TX-
247 PM CDT WED APR 20 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER...SOUTH
CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 246 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDERSON...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANDERSON AND LONGFELLOW.

LAT...LON 3017 10289 3043 10284 3050 10230 3002 10235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 274DEG 16KT 3029 10274

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell53 min
Apr 19, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Terrell66 min
Apr 19, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson24 min
Apr 19, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward35 min
Apr 19, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry27 min
Apr 19, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry54 min
Apr 19, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell56 min
Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden31 min
Apr 19, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry34 min
Apr 19, 9:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden50 min
Apr 19, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews37 min
Apr 19, 10:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry52 min
Apr 19, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden42 min
Apr 19, 11:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin40 min
Apr 19, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward, Mitchell44 min
Apr 19, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews42 min
Apr 20, 12:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin41 min
Apr 20, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor52 min
Apr 20, 12:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFHoward115 min
Apr 20, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward, Mitchell39 min
Apr 20, 12:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland39 min
Apr 20, 1:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell24 min
Apr 20, 1:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock, Midland60 min
Apr 20, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos, Terrell60 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.