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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 11, 2016Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2016, 4:34 AM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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 11, 2016, 4:34 AM CDT (09:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2016-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1347 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2016-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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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 Jun 11, 4:04 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 4:04 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
302 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-120815-
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-
302 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016 /202 AM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE SUNDAY THAT COULD PRODUCE
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND...AND LOCALIZED BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN.

.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, Jun 11, 3:49 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
349 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016

TXZ075-110915-
PECOS-
349 AM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY...

AT 349 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER FORT STOCKTON-PECOS
COUNTY AIRPORT...OR OVER FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT STOCKTON AND FORT STOCKTON-PECOS COUNTY AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 253 AND 271.

LAT...LON 3076 10297 3097 10302 3102 10295 3097 10266
      3079 10271
TIME...MOT...LOC 0849Z 282DEG 18KT 3092 10290

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:34 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
Jun 11, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos26 min
Jun 11, 5:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos55 min
Jun 11, 7:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Jun 11, 2:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden27 min
Jun 11, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF41 min
Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving48 min
Jun 11, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson31 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster23 min
Jun 11, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson26 min
Jun 11, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson51 min
Jun 11, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines66 min
Jun 11, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea30 min
Jun 11, 6:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea115 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.