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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2020, 11:17 PM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 19, 2020, 11:17 PM CDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
County Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 799 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
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 Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:03 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
703 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0624 PM HAIL 2 SE MIDLAND 31.98N 102.06W
06/19/2020 E1.00 INCH Midland TX SOCIAL MEDIA
RADAR ESTIMATED TIME.
&&
SAMANTHA.ZUBERSpecial weather statement, Jun 19, 7:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX 724 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2020 TXZ052-053-200115- Mitchell TX-Howard TX- 724 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... At 724 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Forsan, or 7 miles southeast of Big Spring, moving northeast at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Coahoma, Forsan and Sand Springs. This includes Interstate 20 between mile markers 185 and 197. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for western Texas. LAT...LON 3209 10098 3211 10144 3238 10134 3228 10097 TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 226DEG 8KT 3219 10137 12
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 7:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
752 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2020
TXZ048-200130-
Scurry TX-
752 PM CDT Fri Jun 19 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SCURRY COUNTY UNTIL 830
PM CDT...
At 752 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Snyder, moving southeast at 25 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Snyder, Inadale, Winston Field and Hermleigh.
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.
&&
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
western Texas.
LAT...LON 3252 10070 3273 10103 3296 10076 3296 10066
3253 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 315DEG 20KT 3273 10085
12Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Martin | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 7:09 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin, Mitchell | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Howard | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Scurry | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Mitchell | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Brewster | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 46 min | |
| Jun 20, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 67 min |
| Jun 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 42 min | |
| Jun 20, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Andrews | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ector | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 6:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Lea | 43 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.