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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 6, 2018, 11:54 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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, 11:54 PM MDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2018, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
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 6, 11:18 PM MDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 11:18 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 410 PM CDT Sat Oct 6 2018 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-072115- 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- 410 PM CDT Sat Oct 6 2018 /310 PM MDT Sat Oct 6 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect through this evening for Southeast New Mexico, the western Permian Basin, the Trans Pecos, and Culberson and Jeff Davis counties. Large hail, damaging winds, and frequent lightning are the main threats. Additional strong to severe storms are possible across much of the area through tonight, and could be accompanied by large hail, damaging winds, and frequent lightning. Heavy rain could also lead to flash flooding, especially across the Permian Basin and Lea county, where a Flash Flood Watch is in effect. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Severe thunderstorms will continue to be possible Sunday and Monday with large hail, damaging winds, and frequent lightning the main threats. However, an isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out. Heavy rainfall could also lead to flash flooding both days. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect through early Sunday evening for the Permian Basin and Lea county. Please stay tuned to the latest statements, watches and advisories to see which locations will be most susceptible to these threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed through this evening. 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 6, 9:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1055 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2018 NMZ034-TXZ059-070430- Southern Lea County NM-Loving TX- 1055 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LEA AND NORTH CENTRAL LOVING COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT/1030 PM MDT/... At 1053 PM CDT/953 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm in open country 20 miles east of Red Bluff Reservoir, or 20 miles north of Mentone, moving northeast at 20 mph. 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 south central Lea and north central Loving Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3191 10358 3213 10369 3229 10341 3205 10322 TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 240DEG 46KT 3201 10359 12
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 10:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 1021 PM MDT SAT OCT 6 2018 NMZ028-070445- Eddy County Plains NM- 1021 PM MDT SAT OCT 6 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM MDT... At 1018 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms between Whites City and Malaga. These storms were moving to the northeast at 20 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Loving, Malaga, Whites City and Carlsbad Caverns National Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3201 10447 3229 10452 3235 10391 3200 10387 TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 240DEG 49KT 3214 10439 12
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 10:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 31 min |
| Oct 6, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 25 min |
| Oct 6, 7:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 7:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 7:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 7:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 22 min |
| Oct 6, 8:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 8:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 26 min |
| Oct 6, 8:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Oct 6, 9:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 10:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 54 min |
| Oct 6, 11:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 38 min |
| Oct 7, 12:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 78 min |
| Oct 7, 12:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 110 min |
| Oct 6, 6:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Eddy | 4 hr |
| Oct 6, 10:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 10:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 67 min |
| Oct 7, 1:03 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Eddy | 57 min |
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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.