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Special Weather Statement, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

August 12, 2021Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 12, 2021, 6:11 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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 12, 2021, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 55

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 352 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 676 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 12, 5:22 PM MDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 5:22 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 12:56 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
156 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-059>063-067>070-075-082-
270>282-131900-
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-
156 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021 /1256 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast New
Mexico, southwest Texas, and western Texas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and tonight, especially
from Southeast New Mexico and the western Permian Basin south across
the Trans Pecos to the Rio Grande Valley. Any storms that do develop
will be accompanied by frequent lightning, small hail, gusty winds,
and brief, heavy rainfall that may result in localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Thunderstorms remain possible Friday and Friday night for much of
the area, with heavy rain and localized flooding possible, especially
across the Guadalupe Mountains and portions of Eddy county. Storms
that develop will also be accompanied by lightning, gusty winds, and
perhaps small hail.

Otherwise, the probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 2:39 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
339 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

TXZ067-068-075-274-122130-
Pecos TX-Crane TX-Ward TX-Reeves County Plains TX-
339 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Pecos, east central
Reeves, eastern Ward and Crane Counties through 430 PM CDT...

At 338 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms
southeast of Grandfalls, or 23 miles northeast of Fort Stockton,
moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Landspouts, wind gusts up to 50 mph, and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds
         could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured
         objects.

Locations impacted include...
Fort Stockton, Monahans, Crane, Thorntonville, Grandfalls, Pyote,
Wickett, Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport, Coyanosa, Imperial
Reservoir, Crane County Airport, Roy Hurd Memorial Airport, Girvin,
Royalty, Sierra Madera, Firestone Test Track, Imperial, Cordona Lake
and B F Goodrich Testing Track.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 10 between mile markers 232 and 289.
 Interstate 20 between mile markers 64 and 86.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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 3069 10341 3161 10313 3163 10233 3108 10231
      3108 10237 3104 10231 3024 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 196DEG 21KT 3117 10265

LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 5:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 6:11 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 6:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Gaines	3 hr
Aug 12, 7:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Aug 13, 8:15 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson	4 hr
Aug 13, 8:43 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	MAF	Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves	16 hr
Aug 13, 2:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos	3 hr
Aug 13, 3:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Pecos, Reeves, Ward	3 hr
Aug 13, 3:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson	3 hr
Aug 13, 5:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Culberson	3 hr
Aug 13, 5:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	40 min
Aug 13, 5:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Reeves	3 hr
Aug 13, 1:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	41 min
Aug 13, 2:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Lea	3 hr
Aug 13, 5:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Eddy	51 min

Nearby

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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.