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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 14, 2016Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Martin County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 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: 1021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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 Jul 14, 5:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 5:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 1:28 PM CDT, 6 hours 33 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, 5:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 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, 2 hours 14 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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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
618 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

TXZ050-150000-
ANDREWS TX-
618 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY UNTIL 700
PM CDT...

AT 618 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF EUNICE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKEL CITY.

LAT...LON 3226 10305 3245 10305 3245 10284 3237 10258
      3210 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 292DEG 12KT 3238 10299

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:04 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 8:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
801 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

TXZ050-051-061-062-150130-
ANDREWS TX-ECTOR TX-MARTIN TX-MIDLAND TX-
801 PM CDT THU JUL 14 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS...
NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND...NORTHEASTERN ECTOR AND SOUTHWESTERN MARTIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 800 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDLAND...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDLAND...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT AND MIDLAND
AIRPARK.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 144.

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 3193 10204 3197 10237 3227 10230 3218 10211
      3207 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 028DEG 31KT 3216 10226

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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 14, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	41 min
Jul 14, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	45 min
Jul 14, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	34 min
Jul 14, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Loving	51 min
Jul 14, 8:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Midland	3 hr
Jul 14, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Ward, Winkler	42 min
Jul 14, 9:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Loving, Winkler	3 hr
Jul 14, 10:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ward	3 hr
Jul 15, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		67 min
Jul 15, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	49 min
Jul 15, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	32 min
Jul 15, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	27 min

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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.