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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
- 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
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 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 40 min | |
| Aug 6, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 46 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 4:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.