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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 5, 2018Pecos County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2018-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 280 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2018-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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 

$$

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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, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFWinkler32 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

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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.