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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 23, 2016Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2016, 12:44 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2016, 12:44 PM MDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2016, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 23, 10:31 AM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 10:31 AM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 12:23 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
123 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-241830-
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-
123 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2016 /1223 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.  SOME WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL, SMALL
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO 50 MPH.  HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF ARROYOS, DRAWS, STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS,
ESPECIALLY FROM THE VAN HORN AND MARFA AREAS, NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THE UPPER TRANS PECOS, FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN
PERMIAN BASIN THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THIS WEEK, WITH AMPLE
MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE PROMOTING HEAVY RAINFALL.  ON WEDNESDAY,
THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING INCLUDE THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND UPPER TRANS PECOS IN WEST
TEXAS.  THE EMPHASIS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SHIFT WESTWARD THURSDAY
TO THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST TEXAS.
RIVER RISES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIO GRANDE, AND PECOS RIVER
IN EDDY COUNTY.

.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 23, 12:44 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1244 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2016

NMZ027-028-231930-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY NM-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS NM-
1244 PM MDT TUE AUG 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY UNTIL
130 PM MDT...

AT 1244 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CARLSBAD... MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHITES CITY AND CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3209 10455 3224 10466 3238 10461 3254 10446
      3219 10425
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 014DEG 6KT 3219 10455

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 2:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves42 min
Aug 23, 2:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReeves2 hr
Aug 23, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane48 min
Aug 23, 3:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFReeves3 hr
Aug 23, 4:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane3 hr
Aug 23, 5:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson3 hr
Aug 23, 1:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Aug 23, 1:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy40 min
Aug 23, 4:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr
Aug 23, 5:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea111 min
Aug 23, 5:37 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy3 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.