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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 14, 2016Andrews County, Texas

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
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

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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 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, Jul 14, 1:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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, Jul 14, 5:11 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
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

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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

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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

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves39 min
Jul 14, 2:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis47 min
Jul 14, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews34 min
Jul 14, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines48 min
Jul 14, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving39 min
Jul 14, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews42 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.