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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 14, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Andrews County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 346 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Jul 14, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 128 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-151830- 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- 128 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 /1228 PM MDT THU JUL 14 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS, WESTERN AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN, PARTS OF THE TRANS PECOS, DAVIS AND APACHE MOUNTAINS, AND BIG BEND AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND MARFA PLATEAU, WITH MORE ISOLATED STORMS FARTHER NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. THE GREATEST CONCERN WITH STRONGER STORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG, DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 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 14, 2:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 511 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 NMZ033-034-TXZ045-050-142245- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-ANDREWS TX-GAINES TX- 511 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA...NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS AND SOUTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT/... AT 507 PM CDT/407 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTH OF NADINE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUNICE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRANKEL CITY AND NADINE... OPEN COUNTY OF NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS AND SOUTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTIES. 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 3229 10311 3261 10319 3268 10281 3230 10276 TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 240DEG 49KT 3258 10306 12
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:27 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 527 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 TXZ045-142315- GAINES TX- 527 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN GAINES AND WESTERN DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 527 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SEAGRAVES AIRPORT TO NEAR GAINES COUNTY PARK. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SEMINOLE...DENVER CITY...SEAGRAVES...SEAGRAVES AIRPORT...LOOP... GAINES COUNTY PARK...CEDAR LAKE...MCKENZIE LAKE... ASHMORE AND FAIRVIEW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3258 10220 3276 10284 3296 10284 3296 10221 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 280DEG 17KT 3295 10248 3289 10270 10
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 547 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 NMZ033-034-TXZ045-050-142315- CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-ANDREWS TX-GAINES TX- 547 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LEA...NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS AND SOUTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT/515 PM MDT/... AT 546 PM CDT/446 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF EUNICE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LEA... NORTHWESTERN ANDREWS AND SOUTHWESTERN GAINES COUNTIES. 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 3215 10311 3251 10314 3253 10285 3223 10284 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 239DEG 49KT 3248 10301 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 42 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.