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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 6, 2018Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2018, 3:40 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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 6, 2018, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2018, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2018-10-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 208 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2018-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 6, 2:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 2:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 12:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1110 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2018

NMZ029-061730-
Northern Lea County NM-
1110 AM MDT SAT OCT 6 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY UNTIL
1130 AM MDT...

At 1110 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Bronco, or 13 miles southeast of Tatum, moving
northeast at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Gladiola.

LAT...LON 3301 10306 3300 10326 3329 10324 3335 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 239DEG 13KT 3315 10310
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 3:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
340 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2018

TXZ058-062130-
Reeves County and Upper Trans Pecos TX-
340 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL REEVES...WESTERN WARD AND
SOUTHWESTERN LOVING COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

At 339 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Pecos, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Pecos, Toyah, Verhalen, Toyah Lake, B F Goodrich Testing Track and
Pecos Municipal Airport.

This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 10 and 48.

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 3188 10384 3185 10381 3177 10379 3174 10374
      3175 10369 3171 10366 3170 10362 3165 10362
      3163 10358 3164 10354 3162 10351 3145 10349
      3142 10345 3143 10340 3141 10328 3143 10326
      3139 10325 3136 10311 3103 10357 3117 10395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 230DEG 54KT 3134 10362

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines24 min
Oct 5, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGaines52 min
Oct 5, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos22 min
Oct 5, 9:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 5, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF52 min
Oct 5, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis34 min
Oct 5, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor44 min
Oct 5, 10:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBrewster3 hr
Oct 5, 10:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMartin, Midland3 hr
Oct 5, 10:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFGaines3 hr
Oct 5, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMidland24 min
Oct 5, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster34 min
Oct 5, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos48 min
Oct 5, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAF44 min
Oct 5, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBrewster45 min
Oct 6, 12:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 6, 12:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor, Midland3 hr
Oct 6, 1:06 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFCrane, Ector, Midland, Pecos, Upton3 hr
Oct 6, 12:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum20 min
Oct 6, 2:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more65 hr
Oct 6, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson41 min
Oct 6, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Reeves60 min
Oct 6, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Reeves62 min
Oct 6, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCulberson28 min
Oct 5, 7:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy, Lea3 hr
Oct 6, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy52 min
Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
Oct 6, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy42 min
Oct 6, 5:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Oct 6, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy42 min
Oct 6, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy64 min
Oct 6, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy67 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.