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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 11, 2016

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2016, 5:04 PM CDT. 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
Jun 11, 2016, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1369 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
1369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.8

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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, 1:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 12:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1251 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-121800-
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-
1251 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2016 /1151 AM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.
THREATS INCLUDE GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN...AND FLASH FLOODING.
A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING
WINDS OVER 58 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY OVER
MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE THREATS
FROM THESE STORMS INCLUDE GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN...AND FLASH
FLOODING.

.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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:04 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
404 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

NMZ029-112245-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-
404 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL LEA COUNTY UNTIL
445 PM MDT...

AT 403 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTH OF CAPROCK...OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF TATUM...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPROCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3333 10365 3340 10373 3340 10372 3357 10372
      3357 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 208DEG 14KT 3349 10369

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, 4:34 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, 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

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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.