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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 31, 2016Presidio County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2016, 2:06 AM CDT for Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 54 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 31, 2016, 2:06 AM CDT (07:06 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Presidio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 296 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 2016-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1489 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2016-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 31, 12:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 12:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 1:49 PM CDT, 12 hours 17 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

Local storm report, May 30, 10:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1058 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     TSTM WND GST     MIDLAND                 32.00N 102.08W
05/30/2016  E60 MPH          MIDLAND            TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            AT MIDKIFF AND LOOP 250, DIRECTION NW

&&

CMR
Local storm report, May 30, 11:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1108 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1102 PM     TSTM WND GST     MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL A 31.94N 102.19W
05/30/2016  M56.00 MPH       MIDLAND            TX   ASOS

&&

AKL
Local storm report, May 30, 11:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1126 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1055 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N MIDLAND             32.03N 102.08W
05/30/2016  E56.00 MPH       MIDLAND            TX   AWOS

            A 56 MPH GUST REPORTED AT MIDLAND AIRPARK.

&&

AKL
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 31, 12:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:06 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock29 min
May 30, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry63 min
May 30, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock60 min
May 30, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio48 min
May 30, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster40 min
May 30, 7:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFScurry3 hr
May 30, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMartin47 min
May 30, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio61 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland3 hr
May 30, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin63 min
May 30, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos58 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland60 min
May 30, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard47 min
May 30, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Martin57 min
May 30, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves44 min
May 30, 10:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Martin3 hr
May 30, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin63 min
May 30, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland34 min
May 30, 11:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland3 hr
May 30, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Glasscock, Midland46 min
May 30, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward, Martin31 min
May 30, 11:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGlasscock, Midland3 hr
May 30, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland30 min
May 30, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
May 31, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward42 min
May 31, 12:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard3 hr
May 31, 2:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more37 hr
May 31, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry44 min
May 31, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry49 min
May 31, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson60 min
May 31, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
May 31, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
May 31, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy66 min
May 31, 4:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 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.