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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT for Culberson County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 15, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Culberson County, TX
The radar
The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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 May 15, 1:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 1:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 305 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-162015- 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- 305 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 /205 PM MDT SUN MAY 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE FAR WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND WEST TEXAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND AN OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .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, May 15, 1:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 248 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 TXZ074-152030- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX- 248 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 246 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUFFALO TRAIL SCOUT CAMP...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOCALIZED AREAS SUCH AS ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUFFALO TRAIL SCOUT CAMP...STAR MOUNTAIN AND BLACK MOUNTAIN. LAT...LON 3065 10398 3083 10399 3088 10382 3069 10372 TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 268DEG 12KT 3075 10391
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 338 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 TXZ058-074-075-152130- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS TX-PECOS TX- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX- 338 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN BREWSTER...EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...WEST CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTH CENTRAL REEVES COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT... AT 338 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES EAST OF BUFFALO TRAIL SCOUT CAMP...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STAR MOUNTAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3064 10379 3082 10381 3091 10349 3064 10344 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 264DEG 11KT 3074 10372 84
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:07 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 407 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 TXZ074-152200- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX- 407 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 407 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAMP MITRE PEAK...OR 15 MILES EAST OF FORT DAVIS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3068 10376 3075 10357 3056 10331 3043 10364 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 314DEG 13KT 3064 10365 84
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 445 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 TXZ057-058-074-152230- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS TX- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR TX-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX- 445 PM CDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 444 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES NORTH OF CULBERSON COUNTY AIRPORT...OR 29 MILES NORTH OF VAN HORN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND . && LAT...LON 3137 10484 3163 10477 3151 10416 3108 10439 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 294DEG 27KT 3145 10468 84
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 50 min |
| May 15, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 39 min |
| May 15, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 42 min |
| May 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 52 min | |
| May 15, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 53 min | |
| May 15, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 50 min |
| May 15, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 46 min | |
| May 15, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves | 20 min |
| May 15, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 48 min | |
| May 15, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 48 min |
| May 15, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 40 min |
| May 15, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
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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.