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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 5, 2018, 5:57 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2018, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
As transmitted.
611 WWUS84 KMAF 052257 SPSMAF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 557 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2018 TXZ074-075-052345- Pecos TX-Davis/Apache Mountains Area TX- 557 PM CDT FRI OCT 5 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS AND NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... At 557 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 25 miles southwest of Fort Stockton. This storm was nearly stationary. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Pecos and northern Brewster Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in Midland. && LAT...LON 3053 10333 3073 10329 3073 10315 3054 10311 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 352DEG 3KT 3067 10324 $$ 44
The office that day
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, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 29 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, 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.