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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT for Ector 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
- Mar 27, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2018, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Ector County, TX
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In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 852 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018 TXZ050-051-061-062-280230- Midland TX-Martin TX-Andrews TX-Ector TX- 852 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ECTOR...SOUTHEASTERN ANDREWS...NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND AND SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT... At 851 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Goldsmith, or 8 miles northwest of West Odessa, moving northeast at 20 mph. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Goldsmith, Lenorah, Courtney, Tarzan, Grady, North Cowden, Stanton Municipal Aiport. LAT...LON 3184 10256 3199 10266 3242 10190 3219 10174 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 237DEG 28KT 3195 10255 33
Local storm report, Mar 27, 9:23 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1000 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018 TXZ050-061-280345- Andrews TX-Ector TX- 1000 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ECTOR AND SOUTH CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT... At 1000 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Notrees, or 10 miles west of West Odessa, moving northeast at 25 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Goldsmith and North Cowden. LAT...LON 3180 10264 3190 10275 3213 10250 3202 10235 TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 225DEG 23KT 3188 10266 33
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 27, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 57 min |
| Mar 27, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector, Martin | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Ward, Winkler | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Borden | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 39 min |
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Sources
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