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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this heat advisory at May 3, 2020, 1:50 AM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It took effect at May 3, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2020, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 3, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Brewster County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 401 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at May 3, 12:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 12:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 9:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 952 PM CDT Sat May 2 2020 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082- 270>282-040300- 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-Loving-Winkler- Ector-Midland-Glasscock-Ward-Crane-Upton-Reagan-Pecos-Terrell- Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet-Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains- Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor-Eastern Culberson County- Reeves County Plains-Chinati Mountains-Marfa Plateau-Davis Mountains- Davis Mountains Foothills-Central Brewster County-Chisos Basin- Presidio Valley-Lower Brewster County- 952 PM CDT Sat May 2 2020 /852 PM MDT Sat May 2 2020/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Isolated thunderstorms are possible overnight, mainly south of Interstate 10. Any storms that do develop may be accompanied by dry lightning, gusty winds, and small hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Critical to near critical fire weather conditions are possible Sunday and Monday across Southeast New Mexico and adjacent portions of West Texas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. Please relay any information about observed severe weather to the NWS while following all local, state and CDC guidelines. 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... https://weather.gov/midland
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:17 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Culberson | 18 hr |
| May 3, 2:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 13 hr |
| May 3, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 40 min |
| May 3, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 43 min |
Nearby
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.