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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 21, 2017Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2017, 5:55 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 21, 2017, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Jeff Davis County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 20, 6:26 PM CDT, 23 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 6:26 PM CDT, 23 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 8:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves3 hr
Aug 21, 12:36 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Presidio3 hr
Aug 21, 5:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGaines3 hr
Aug 21, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFPresidio14 days
Aug 21, 10:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMAFPresidio52 hr
Aug 21, 4:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFDawson3 hr
Aug 21, 5:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFJeff Davis, Reeves3 hr
Aug 21, 6:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos3 hr
Aug 20, 7:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy4 hr
Aug 21, 3:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea3 hr
Aug 21, 4:33 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.