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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 16, 2016Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 16, 2016, 3:16 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 16, 2016, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Pecos County, TX

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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 Sep 16, 1:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 1:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 1:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
138 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-171845-
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-
138 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016 /1238 PM MDT FRI SEP 16 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS
MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING
CONCERNS...PARTICULARLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS ANY LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED RECENT RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
THE PERMIAN BASIN SATURDAY. STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN.

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

Local storm report, Sep 16, 10:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1059 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2016

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

0700 PM     HAIL             18 E VAN HORN           31.04N 104.53W
09/15/2016  E1.00 INCH       CULBERSON          TX   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY EXXON GAS STATION ON I-10
            AT EXIT 159. HAIL FELL FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES FROM
            7-730 PM CDT.

&&

ANDREW.ARNOLD

Local storm report, Sep 16, 2:42 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 3:16 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
Sep 15, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis	61 min
Sep 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis, Reeves	24 min
Sep 15, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	58 min
Sep 15, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		54 min
Sep 15, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Culberson	62 min
Sep 15, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson	38 min
Sep 16, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Dawson, Gaines	23 min
Sep 16, 12:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Sep 16, 1:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Dawson	4 hr
Sep 16, 1:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Scurry	4 hr
Sep 16, 1:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Andrews	34 min
Sep 16, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson	53 min
Sep 16, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	31 min
Sep 16, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	65 min
Sep 16, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	67 min
Sep 16, 4:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	3 hr
Sep 16, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	46 min
Sep 16, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden	44 min
Sep 16, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	62 min
Sep 16, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	37 min
Sep 16, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	46 min
Sep 16, 5:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Scurry	3 hr
Sep 16, 5:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Howard	3 hr
Sep 16, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Ward	52 min
Sep 16, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	62 min
Sep 16, 5:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Mitchell	3 hr
Sep 16, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	39 min
Sep 16, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	41 min
Sep 16, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	38 min
Sep 16, 6:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		51 min
Sep 16, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	49 min
Sep 16, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	49 min
Sep 16, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	46 min
Sep 16, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	53 min
Sep 16, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	29 min
Sep 16, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	39 min
Sep 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	3 hr
Sep 15, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	60 min
Sep 15, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	54 min
Sep 15, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	60 min
Sep 15, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	66 min
Sep 15, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	60 min
Sep 15, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	54 min
Sep 16, 3:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	43 min
Sep 16, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.