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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 8, 2016Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2016, 3:44 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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: May 8, 2016, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 7, 5:59 PM CDT, 21 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 5:59 PM CDT, 21 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 3:36 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Gaines, Loving, Ward, Winkler	24 hr
May 8, 4:26 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	MAF		18 hr
May 8, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	25 min
May 8, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	34 min
May 8, 4:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Reagan, Upton	2 hr
May 8, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	53 min
May 8, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Upton	49 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.