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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 3, 2017Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 3, 2017, 5:03 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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
Oct 3, 2017, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 211 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Oct 2, 6:09 PM CDT, 22 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 6:09 PM CDT, 22 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF45 min
Oct 2, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF44 min
Oct 3, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis33 min
Oct 3, 5:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.