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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 10, 2016Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2016, 5:01 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 10, 2016, 5:01 PM MDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2016, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 1142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

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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 Jul 10, 1:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 1:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 12:51 PM MDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
151 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-111900-
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-
151 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016 /1251 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE GUADALUPE
AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF GUSTY
WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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, Jul 10, 4:14 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
414 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2016

NMZ029-033-102300-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-
414 PM MDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY UNTIL 500
PM MDT...

AT 414 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LOVINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOBBS...LOVINGTON...KNOWLES AND HUMBLE CITY.

LAT...LON 3279 10307 3279 10323 3296 10335 3318 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 228DEG 6KT 3290 10325

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:01 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
601 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

NMZ029-033-TXZ045-102345-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-GAINES TX-
601 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA AND NORTHWESTERN
GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT/545 PM MDT/...

AT 601 PM CDT/501 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNOWLES...OR 8 MILES EAST OF LOVINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOVINGTON...KNOWLES AND HUMBLE CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3296 10306 3296 10305 3278 10307 3279 10326
      3286 10337 3310 10326 3322 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 217DEG 6KT 3291 10321

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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
Jul 10, 4:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	46 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.