Alert archive / Texas / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2017, 11:30 PM CDT for Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 7, 2017, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2017, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Loving County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
829 WWUS84 KMAF 080430 SPSMAF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1130 PM CDT MON AUG 7 2017 NMZ034-TXZ059-060-080530- Southern Lea County NM-Loving TX-Winkler TX- 1130 PM CDT MON AUG 7 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LEA...WEST CENTRAL WINKLER AND NORTHEASTERN LOVING COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT/1130 PM MDT/... At 1130 PM CDT/1030 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles northwest of Jal, moving south at 20 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Lea...west central Winkler and northeastern Loving Counties. 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. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Midland. && LAT...LON 3229 10349 3228 10325 3185 10321 3186 10366 TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 011DEG 17KT 3221 10338 $$ 84
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 8:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 2:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 17 hr |
| Aug 7, 9:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 45 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.