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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 21, 2016Scurry County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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 21, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

893 
WWUS84 KMAF 210708
SPSMAF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
208 AM CDT THU APR 21 2016
 
TXZ048-210815-
SCURRY TX-
208 AM CDT THU APR 21 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SCURRY COUNTY UNTIL 315
AM CDT...

AT 207 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DERMOTT...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SNYDER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SNYDER...DERMOTT...MIDWAY IN SCURRY COUNTY...HERMLEIGH...UNION IN SCURRY
COUNTY AND WINSTON FIELD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3290 10105 3294 10081 3271 10066 3258 10069
      3262 10100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 318DEG 24KT 3284 10094 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry49 min
Apr 21, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines61 min
Apr 21, 2:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry56 min
Apr 21, 3:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward, Scurry57 min
Apr 21, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry58 min
Apr 21, 3:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines51 min
Apr 21, 3:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell44 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.