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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 23, 2019Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2019, 4:55 PM CDT for Midland 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
Aug 23, 2019, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2019, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

County Midland County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 22, 6:19 PM CDT, 22 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 6:19 PM CDT, 22 hours 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 8:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLoving, Winkler3 hr
Aug 22, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Aug 23, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEctor47 min
Aug 23, 5:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEctor3 hr
Aug 23, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFCrane48 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Texas, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019

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.