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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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</html>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 82
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 9:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 50 min |
| Apr 19, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 42 min |
| Apr 20, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 12:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 115 min |
| Apr 20, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 1:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 24 min |
| Apr 20, 1:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 60 min |
| Apr 20, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 60 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.