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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 17, 2016, 12:49 AM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Sep 17, 2016, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Jeff Davis County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 227 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1046 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 17, 12:32 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 12:32 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
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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
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 7:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 66 min |
| Sep 16, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 49 min |
| Sep 16, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 49 min |
| Sep 16, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 66 min |
| Sep 16, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 57 min |
| Sep 16, 8:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 55 min |
| Sep 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 59 min |
| Sep 16, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 9:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 11:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 50 min |
| Sep 17, 7:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 20 hr |
| Sep 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 51 min |
| Sep 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 64 min |
| Sep 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Glasscock | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 67 min |
| Sep 17, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 6:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 64 min |
| Sep 17, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 64 min |
| Sep 17, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 57 min |
| Sep 17, 6:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 52 min |
| Sep 17, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Winkler | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell | 65 min |
| Sep 17, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 66 min |
| Sep 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 64 min |
| Sep 17, 5:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 49 min |
| Sep 17, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 53 min |
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