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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2016, 1:46 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 1, 2016, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Jeff Davis County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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 217 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 Jun 1, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 145 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-021845- 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- 145 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 /1245 PM MDT WED JUN 1 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 LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A MARFA TO SEMINOLE LINE. IN ADDITION SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND... PARTICULARLY ACROSS PRESIDIO... BREWSTER... AND TERRELL COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN REMAINING THE MAIN CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING MAINLY ACROSS THE MARFA PLATEAU... BIG BEND... AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. 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, Jun 1, 9:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 1, 11:46 AM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1146 AM CDT WED JUN 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND GST 10 W ARTESIA 32.85N 104.60W
05/31/2016 E60 MPH EDDY NM BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
AMBER.HLUCHANLocal storm report, Jun 1, 12:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1213 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG KLONDIKE 32.56N 101.96W
05/31/2016 DAWSON TX STORM CHASER
SNAPPED POWER POLE REPORTED 3 MILES WEST OF HWY 137 ON CR
30.
&&
AMBER.HLUCHANLocal storm report, Jun 1, 12:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1222 PM CDT WED JUN 01 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0745 PM HAIL 5 W ACKERLY 32.52N 101.80W
05/31/2016 E1.00 INCH DAWSON TX STORM CHASER
&&
AMBER.HLUCHANSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 1:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 146 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 TXZ074-011945- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX- 146 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT... AT 145 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUFFALO TRAIL SCOUT CAMP...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUFFALO TRAIL SCOUT CAMP...MCDONALD OBSERVATORY AND BLACK MOUNTAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3061 10405 3080 10415 3096 10393 3070 10374 TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 249DEG 4KT 3073 10400 82
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 44 min |
| May 31, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 38 min |
| May 31, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 45 min |
| May 31, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 44 min |
| May 31, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 27 min |
| May 31, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 46 min |
| May 31, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 51 min |
| May 31, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 43 min |
| May 31, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 43 min |
| May 31, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 45 min |
| May 31, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 41 min |
| May 31, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 38 min |
| May 31, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 49 min |
| May 31, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 46 min |
| May 31, 10:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 39 min |
| May 31, 11:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Martin, Midland | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 3:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 42 min | |
| Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 56 min |
| May 31, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 44 min |
| May 31, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 40 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.