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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 16, 2017

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2017, 6:44 PM CDT. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 16, 2017, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 207 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 1049 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -605 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 5:52 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
154 PM CDT Fri Jun 16 2017

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-171900-
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-
154 PM CDT Fri Jun 16 2017 /1254 PM MDT Fri Jun 16 2017/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of southeast New
Mexico, southwest Texas and western Texas.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

Hot temperatures are expected through mid evening. All but the
highest elevations are expected to have highs at or above 100
degrees, with many locations exceeding 105 degrees. A Heat Advisory
is in effect through mid evening.

Fire danger will be high across Southeast New Mexico and parts of
Trans Pecos through mid evening due to unseasonably hot temperatures
and dry air.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

Very hot temperatures are expected Saturday with high temperatures
10-15 degrees above normal, exceeding 105 degrees in many locations.
A Heat Advisory is in effect Saturday for west Texas and southeast
New Mexico.

Elevated fire weather conditions are possible Saturday afternoon
across portions of the Guadalupe Mountains, Southeast New Mexico,
and the Trans Pecos. Hot temperatures and consequent low relative
humidity will be the main threats, but lower winds will limit greater
concerns.

.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...
http://weather.gov/midland

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:44 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
Jun 15, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Dawson, Howard, Mitchell	64 min
Jun 15, 7:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	3 hr
Jun 15, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	33 min
Jun 15, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ector	47 min
Jun 15, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell	59 min
Jun 15, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Midland	51 min
Jun 15, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard	50 min
Jun 15, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Ector, Martin, Midland	36 min
Jun 15, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	43 min
Jun 15, 8:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Glasscock	38 min
Jun 15, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	38 min
Jun 15, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland	36 min
Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	51 min
Jun 16, 3:13 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more	18 hr
Jun 16, 2:05 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more	31 hr
Jun 16, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Pecos	27 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.