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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 5, 2018, 5:01 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 5, 2018, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 5, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 153 PM CDT Fri Oct 5 2018 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-061900- 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- 153 PM CDT Fri Oct 5 2018 /1253 PM MDT Fri Oct 5 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Numerous thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and tonight over the Davis Mountains and mainly along and north of I-10. Some storms could be severe with large hail, damaging winds, frequent lightning, and heavy rainfall. Heavy rainfall may lead to localized flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday More severe thunderstorms are possible Saturday and Sunday. Large hail and damaging winds will be possible. However, heavy rainfall will become more of a threat this weekend and possibly into early next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed late this afternoon and this evening, particularly across Southeast New Mexico, the western Permian Basin, and the Trans Pecos. 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, Oct 5, 2:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 7:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 2 hr |
| Oct 5, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 32 min | |
| Oct 5, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 51 min |
| Oct 5, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 41 min |
| Oct 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 33 min |
| Oct 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 27 min |
| Oct 5, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 52 min |
| Oct 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 39 min |
| Oct 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Winkler | 32 min |
| Oct 5, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 48 min |
| Oct 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Gaines | 44 min |
| Oct 5, 6:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| Oct 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 4 hr |
| Oct 5, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 42 min |
| Oct 4, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 43 min |
| Oct 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 45 min |
| Oct 5, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 42 min |
| Oct 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 44 min |
| Oct 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 48 min |
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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.