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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 9:17 PM CDT for Cochran 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
- Aug 2, 2016, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Cochran County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 621 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
025 WWUS84 KMAF 030217 SPSMAF SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 817 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 NMZ029-030245- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM- 817 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT... AT 816 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROSSROADS...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF TATUM. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY. LAT...LON 3351 10305 3340 10325 3357 10336 3357 10306 TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 123DEG 1KT 3352 10326 $$
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 Aug 2, 6:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 6:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 632 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 .DISCUSSION... && .AVIATION... Scattered storms moving across Upper Trans Pecos... SE NM... and Western Permian Basin. Have included tempo TSRA in most TAFs through 03z... could see gusts in excess of 40kts near storms. After 03z expect VFR with little activity. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 235 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016/ DISCUSSION...As of 2:30 PM CDT Tuesday...Thunderstorms have fired up along the southern and western mountains. It is yet another hot afternoon with above normal temps which should not be a shock to anyone. As of 2 PM it was 97 at MAF which would make it the 34th consecutive day above 95 degrees (tied for fourth place). Cooler temps can't come soon enough. It looks like the above normal temps will continue for at least the next seven days as the seemingly permanent subtropical ridge remains anchored over the southern tier of states. The ridge is currently centered over southeast Texas. The center of the ridge will ever so slowly retrograde to the Texas Panhandle into next weekend. This will keep the best moisture and lift over the southern and western mountains with upslope flow as the low/mid level flow remains southeast. As of now it doesn't look like any convective activity will make it into the Plains...but it will be monitored. High temps will hang around the century mark for the Plains for the next week...up to 108 along the Pecos and Rio Gande River Valleys...and the 90s in the mountains. Medium range models are indicating that the above normal temps will continue thru the next ten days with mainly aftn/evening thunderstorms over the southern and western mountains. Strobin && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Big Spring 75 102 77 102 / 0 0 0 10 Carlsbad 73 100 74 100 / 30 20 20 10 Dryden 77 101 78 102 / 10 10 10 0 Fort Stockton 75 100 75 100 / 20 10 10 10 Guadalupe Pass 68 93 70 93 / 40 20 20 20 Hobbs 68 97 72 97 / 20 10 10 10 Marfa 64 93 65 93 / 20 20 20 10 Midland Intl Airport 76 102 77 102 / 20 10 10 10 Odessa 76 100 78 100 / 20 10 10 10 Wink 76 102 77 103 / 20 10 10 10 && .MAF Watches/Warnings/Advisories... NM...None. TX...None. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 1:58 PM CDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 158 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-031900- 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- 158 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016 /1258 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WESTERN TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU CAN BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE BUT CONTINUE FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ADJACENT PLAINS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREATS. OTHERWISE...THE RISK OF SIGNIFICANT HAZARDOUS WEATHER OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO IS LOW THROUGH MONDAY. .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, Aug 2, 5:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
524 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
TXZ075-022300-
PECOS TX-
524 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
CDT...
AT 522 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELDING...OR 22 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...
MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15
MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SIERRA MADERA AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 385 ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF
FORT STOCKTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 262 AND 263.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3043 10282 3041 10299 3054 10303 3090 10284
3076 10257
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 189DEG 8KT 3056 10291
67Special weather statement, Aug 2, 6:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
637 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
NMZ033-034-TXZ045-050-051-060>062-030015-
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-WINKLER TX-ANDREWS TX-
ECTOR TX-MARTIN TX-GAINES TX-MIDLAND TX-
637 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEA...NORTHEASTERN
WINKLER...ANDREWS...SOUTHWESTERN GAINES...NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND...
ECTOR AND SOUTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT/615 PM
MDT/...
AT 635 PM CDT/535 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SEVERAL
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HOBBS TO ODESSA....MOVING NORTH AT 5
MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH COULD PRECEDE THESE THUNDERSTORMS...OR
BE PRODUCED BY THE STORMS. IN ADDITION...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
COULD OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDLAND...ODESSA...HOBBS...ANDREWS...EUNICE...JAL...WEST ODESSA...
GOLDSMITH...JAL AIRPORT...MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT...
EUNICE AIRPORT...NADINE...FRANKEL CITY...NOTREES...OIL CENTER...
MONUMENT...GAINES COUNTY AIRPORT...LEA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT...
MISSION DORADO AND ANDREWS COUNTY AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 143.
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 3261 10241 3202 10198 3173 10242 3227 10349
3280 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 196DEG 49KT 3210 10262
67Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
616 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016
NMZ028-029-033-034-030100-
EDDY COUNTY PLAINS NM-NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-
SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-
616 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LEA AND NORTHEASTERN EDDY
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT...
AT 615 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LOCO HILLS TO MALJAMAR...WITH ADDITIONAL
STORMS NEAR JAL TO HOBBS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOBBS...LOVINGTON...EUNICE...MALJAMAR...KNOWLES...HUMBLE CITY...
LOCO HILLS...EUNICE AIRPORT...NADINE...BUCKEYE...HALFWAY...
OIL CENTER...MONUMENT...LEA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT...
LEA COUNTY ZIP FRANKLIN MEMORIAL AIRPORT AND INDUSTRIAL AIRPARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3311 10308 3234 10309 3202 10345 3254 10418
3297 10403 3297 10376 3319 10376
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 228DEG 11KT 3268 10390
67Special weather statement, Aug 2, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
727 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
NMZ029-033-034-TXZ045-050-030115-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-
ANDREWS TX-GAINES TX-
727 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA...NORTHWESTERN
ANDREWS AND GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT/715 PM MDT/...
AT 725 PM CDT/625 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEMINOLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10
MPH. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
SEMINOLE...AND 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEMINOLE...WITH BOTH MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 5 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...
FRANKEL CITY...GAINES COUNTY AIRPORT...HIGGINBOTHAM...
GAINES COUNTY PARK...PAYNES CORNER AND FAIRVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 3315 10306 3296 10306 3296 10250 3267 10237
3234 10274 3234 10310 3316 10311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 117DEG 8KT 3255 10275
67Special weather statement, Aug 2, 8:36 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
836 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
NMZ029-033-TXZ045-030215-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY NM-GAINES TX-
836 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA AND NORTHWESTERN
GAINES COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT/815 PM MDT/...
AT 835 PM CDT/735 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LOVINGTON TO NEAR CROSSROADS...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOVINGTON...TATUM...CROSSROADS...MCDONALD...
GLADIOLA AND TATUM AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 10300 3295 10300 3294 10339
3357 10360 3357 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 155DEG 11KT 3300 10312
67Special weather statement, Aug 2, 9:17 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 817 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 NMZ029-030245- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY NM- 817 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT... AT 816 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROSSROADS...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF TATUM. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY. LAT...LON 3351 10305 3340 10325 3357 10336 3357 10306 TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 123DEG 1KT 3352 10326
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Yoakum | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 8:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 42 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.