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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 30, 2016Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2016, 1:49 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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 30, 2016, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Jeff Davis County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -299 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

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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 30, 11:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 11:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 1:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
149 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-311900-
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-
149 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016 /1249 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONAL THREATS INCLUDE BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

.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 30, 1:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
149 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

TXZ074-301930-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX-
149 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 148 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DAVIS MOUNTAINS STATE PARK...OR NEAR FORT DAVIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT DAVIS...INDIAN LODGE STATE PARK...DAVIS MOUNTAINS STATE PARK...FORT
DAVIS NATIONAL HISTORICAL SITE...STAR MOUNTAIN...BLACK MOUNTAIN AND
MCDONALD OBSERVATORY.

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3090 10379 3071 10351 3071 10352 3056 10396
      3072 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 242DEG 10KT 3068 10393

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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 29, 7:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	26 min
May 29, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	30 min
May 30, 4:17 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MAF		24 hr
May 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	63 min
May 30, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Presidio	31 min
May 30, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	25 min
May 30, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	52 min
May 30, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	50 min
May 30, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard	56 min
May 30, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	52 min
May 30, 6:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Glasscock, Howard	3 hr
May 30, 6:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard	6 hr
May 30, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell	56 min
May 30, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard	58 min
May 30, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	58 min
May 30, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	50 min
May 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	34 min
May 30, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	60 min
May 30, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	54 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.