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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 17, 2016Crane County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Sep 17, 2016, 11:13 PM CDT for Crane County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired: Sep 18, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Crane County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 29 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2085 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
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, 10:23 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 10:23 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 1:44 PM CDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
144 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-181845-
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-
144 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016 /1244 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 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 TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN THIS AFTERNOON, THEN SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REST
OF THE AREA TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH STRONG
WINDS, LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN
THREATS.  LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE, INCLUDING
ALONG THE RIO GRANDE RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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 17, 9:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
947 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

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

0517 PM     HAIL             ARTESIA                 32.85N 104.43W
09/17/2016  E2.75 INCH       EDDY               NM   PUBLIC

            ARTESIA AIRPORT MANAGER REPORTS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO
            VEHICLES AND HANGERS

&&

CMR

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 10:19 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 17, 10:27 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1027 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

TXZ079-080-180415-
MARFA PLATEAU TX-PRESIDIO VALLEY TX-
1027 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY
UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1027 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF CANDELARIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANDELARIA.

LAT...LON 3042 10478 3024 10440 3002 10458 3011 10469
      3018 10469 3022 10471 3023 10471 3026 10473
      3026 10475 3030 10476 3035 10482 3036 10481
      3037 10482
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 305DEG 16KT 3031 10477

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Special weather statement, Sep 17, 10:45 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1045 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

TXZ059>061-067-068-180430-
WINKLER TX-WARD TX-ECTOR TX-CRANE TX-LOVING TX-
1045 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CRANE...SOUTHERN
WINKLER...SOUTHWESTERN ECTOR...NORTHEASTERN WARD AND SOUTHEASTERN
LOVING COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1045 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER WICKETT...OR 8 MILES WEST OF MONAHANS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONAHANS...WINK...WICKETT...THORNTONVILLE...PYOTE...
WINKLER COUNTY AIRPORT...
MONAHANS SANDHILLS STATE PARK AND ROY HURD MEMORIAL AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 94.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3146 10312 3162 10334 3184 10334 3176 10278
      3144 10235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 271DEG 33KT 3160 10303

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Special weather statement, Sep 17, 11:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1109 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

TXZ063-070-180500-
REAGAN TX-GLASSCOCK TX-
1109 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN REAGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
GLASSCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 1109 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT LAWRENCE...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN
CITY... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAINT LAWRENCE AND NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION.

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.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3152 10170 3177 10156 3179 10127 3129 10127
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 291DEG 16KT 3158 10144

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Special weather statement, Sep 17, 11:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1113 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

TXZ061-062-068-069-180500-
ECTOR TX-CRANE TX-UPTON TX-MIDLAND TX-
1113 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CRANE...NORTHWESTERN
UPTON...SOUTHERN MIDLAND AND SOUTHERN ECTOR COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CDT...

AT 1112 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PENWELL...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST ODESSA...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ODESSA...WEST ODESSA...PENWELL AND PLEASANT FARMS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 118.

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.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 3179 10185 3126 10209 3175 10278 3186 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 284DEG 13KT 3166 10239

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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 17, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		55 min
Sep 17, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	54 min
Sep 17, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Jeff Davis	53 min
Sep 17, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Winkler	33 min
Sep 17, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	45 min
Sep 17, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	54 min
Sep 17, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	50 min
Sep 17, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	60 min
Sep 17, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin	54 min
Sep 17, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MAF	Ector	37 min
Sep 17, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	55 min
Sep 17, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Winkler	60 min
Sep 17, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Jeff Davis	44 min
Sep 17, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	27 min
Sep 17, 8:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector	3 hr
Sep 17, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland, Upton	47 min
Sep 17, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Martin	54 min
Sep 17, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	57 min
Sep 17, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson, Loving, Reeves	57 min
Sep 17, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Winkler	63 min
Sep 17, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	62 min
Sep 17, 9:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland	3 hr
Sep 17, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Midland, Reagan, Upton	48 min
Sep 17, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving	63 min
Sep 17, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	42 min
Sep 17, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Midland, Upton	61 min
Sep 17, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock, Reagan	41 min
Sep 17, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Presidio	48 min
Sep 17, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	45 min
Sep 17, 10:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler	3 hr
Sep 17, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reagan	51 min
Sep 17, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	49 min
Sep 18, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane, Upton	49 min
Sep 18, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	45 min
Sep 18, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		48 min
Sep 18, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis	64 min
Sep 18, 4:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos	3 hr
Sep 18, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	62 min
Sep 18, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF		54 min
Sep 17, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy, Lea	58 min
Sep 17, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Eddy	24 min
Sep 17, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Lea	26 min
Sep 17, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Lea	31 min
Sep 17, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Lea	33 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.