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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 17, 2016Jeff Davis County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1046 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 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, Sep 16, 1:38 PM CDT, 11 hours 11 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, 9:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 10:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 11:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 17, 12:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland44 min
Sep 16, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard40 min
Sep 16, 7:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Sep 16, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos66 min
Sep 16, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor49 min
Sep 16, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster49 min
Sep 16, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster66 min
Sep 16, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis48 min
Sep 16, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves57 min
Sep 16, 8:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
Sep 16, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster40 min
Sep 16, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin38 min
Sep 16, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster55 min
Sep 16, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock59 min
Sep 16, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock48 min
Sep 16, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson47 min
Sep 16, 9:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson, Scurry3 hr
Sep 16, 10:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry3 hr
Sep 16, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio44 min
Sep 16, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio50 min
Sep 17, 7:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFPresidio20 hr
Sep 17, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves51 min
Sep 17, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Reeves47 min
Sep 17, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Reeves64 min
Sep 17, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock43 min
Sep 17, 5:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis, Reeves3 hr
Sep 17, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock67 min
Sep 17, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines33 min
Sep 17, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Martin, Midland60 min
Sep 17, 6:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Gaines3 hr
Sep 17, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews64 min
Sep 17, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines64 min
Sep 17, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis57 min
Sep 17, 6:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves3 hr
Sep 17, 6:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMidland3 hr
Sep 17, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Mitchell60 min
Sep 17, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson59 min
Sep 17, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock52 min
Sep 17, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Winkler34 min
Sep 17, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell65 min
Sep 17, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy66 min
Sep 17, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy64 min
Sep 17, 5:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Sep 17, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea49 min
Sep 17, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea53 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.