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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 5, 2018Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 5, 2018, 5:28 PM CDT for Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2018, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2018, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Winkler County, TX

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What forecasters said that day

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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 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 2:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 1:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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, 4:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Oct 5, 4:48 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:01 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:08 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:21 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines49 min
Oct 4, 7:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFAndrews, Gaines2 hr
Oct 5, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF32 min
Oct 5, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves51 min
Oct 5, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves41 min
Oct 5, 4:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos, Reeves3 hr
Oct 5, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving33 min
Oct 5, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLoving27 min
Oct 5, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos29 min
Oct 5, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines52 min
Oct 5, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWard39 min
Oct 5, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos48 min
Oct 5, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines44 min
Oct 5, 6:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 hr
Oct 5, 6:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFPecos4 hr
Oct 5, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos42 min
Oct 4, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy, Lea43 min
Oct 4, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea45 min
Oct 5, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea42 min
Oct 5, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea44 min
Oct 5, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.