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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 26, 2016Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2016, 6:47 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 58 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 26, 2016, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Martin County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 47 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: 246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -76 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 26, 6:29 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 6:29 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 2:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
207 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-271915-
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-
207 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016 /107 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY THIS
EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO 50
MPH, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY...MAINLY SOUTH AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER IN WEST TEXAS
AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF
GUSTY WINDS, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.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 26, 5:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
509 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

TXZ050-061-062-262245-
ANDREWS TX-ECTOR TX-MIDLAND TX-
509 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ANDREWS...WEST
CENTRAL MIDLAND AND NORTHEASTERN ECTOR COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 507 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF ODESSA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH, SMALL HAIL, AND HEAVY RAIN WILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...GOLDSMITH...
MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT...
ODESSA SCHELEMEYER FIELD...MISSION DORADO...
WARFIELD AND NORTH COWDEN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 113...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 117 AND 129.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3206 10263 3215 10240 3187 10212 3177 10265
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 357DEG 12KT 3198 10246

49

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
541 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

TXZ082-262330-
TERRELL TX-
541 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY UNTIL 630
PM CDT...

AT 540 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DRYDEN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

SMALL HAIL, WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH, AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DRYDEN AND TERRELL COUNTY AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2983 10218 2985 10219 2984 10220 2985 10224
      2986 10225 2985 10226 3004 10251 3021 10225
      3006 10180 2980 10214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 056DEG 26KT 3009 10215

49

Local storm report, Jul 26, 5:58 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
558 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0544 PM     TSTM WND GST     DRYDEN                  30.05N 102.12W
07/26/2016  M58 MPH          TERRELL            TX   ASOS

            MEASURED AT K6R6 ASOS

&&

AHASIC

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:02 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
602 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

TXZ046-051-262345-
MARTIN TX-DAWSON TX-
602 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MARTIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SPARENBERG...OR NEAR ACKERLY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

SMALL HAIL, HEAVY RAIN, AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ACKERLY...SPARENBERG...FLOWER GROVE...PATRICIA...
TENMILE AND KLONDIKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3252 10169 3234 10179 3257 10205 3264 10184
      3258 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 037DEG 10KT 3256 10179

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:21 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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 26, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	36 min
Jul 26, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Terrell	49 min
Jul 26, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	43 min
Jul 26, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	39 min
Jul 26, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	25 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.