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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Nov 3, 2016, 12:52 AM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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
- Nov 3, 2016, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 3, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Loving County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1635 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Nov 3, 12:36 AM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 12:36 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 140 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-031845- 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- 140 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 /1240 PM MDT WED NOV 2 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...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE REGION. THE BEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN...WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG NORTHEAST GAP WINDS THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS WILL BE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. .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, Nov 2, 8:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 813 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 TXZ047-048-030215- BORDEN TX-SCURRY TX- 813 PM CDT WED NOV 2 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL BORDEN AND SCURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT... AT 812 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KNAPP...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SNYDER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SNYDER...HERMLEIGH...FLUVANNA...KNAPP...J B THOMAS RESERVOIR... INADALE...DUNN...WINSTON FIELD...IRA...UNION...RANDALLS CORNER... DERMOTT AND ARAH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3258 10118 3291 10118 3289 10070 3254 10067 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 267DEG 20KT 3271 10113 49
Local storm report, Nov 2, 8:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Borden, Howard, Scurry | 3 hr |
| Nov 2, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 62 min |
| Nov 3, 12:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:24 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 25 hr | |
| Nov 3, 4:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Nov 3, 7:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 2 hr |
| Nov 3, 8:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 111 min |
| Nov 3, 9:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 114 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.