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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 5, 2017Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
Aug 5, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2137 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Aug 5, 1:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 1:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 12:34 PM CDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1234 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2017

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-061745-
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-
1234 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2017 /1134 AM MDT Sat Aug 5 2017/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

Thunderstorms are possible today across much of the area. Gusty
winds and brief heavy rain will be the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A few thunderstorms are possible Sunday across much of the area with
gusty winds and brief heavy rain being the main threats.

Monday and Tuesday scattered thunderstorms will be possible with
strong winds, heavy rainfall, and localized flash flooding possible.

.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, Aug 5, 7:00 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
700 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017

TXZ075-060045-
Pecos TX-
700 PM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

At 659 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 23
miles north of Longfellow, or 26 miles northwest of Sanderson on US
Highway 285. This storm was moving east at 15 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm as well as very heavy rain.

LAT...LON 3039 10263 3057 10267 3066 10239 3039 10236
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 258DEG 4KT 3050 10257

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFTerrell51 min
Aug 6, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF40 min
Aug 6, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster39 min
Aug 6, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF46 min
Aug 6, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews52 min
Aug 6, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFScurry27 min
Aug 6, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster33 min
Aug 6, 4:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFScurry3 hr
Aug 6, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos25 min
Aug 6, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster32 min
Aug 6, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPresidio29 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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.