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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 12, 2010Crane County, Pecos County, Upton County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2010, 10:16 PM CDT for Crane County, Pecos County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2010, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2010, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 12, 11:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Mccamey, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1599 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

098 
WUUS54 KMAF 130316
SVRMAF
TXC103-371-461-130415-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0021.100513T0316Z-100513T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1016 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  WESTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES WEST OF GIRVIN...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  GIRVIN...
  MCCAMEY...
  CRANE...
  KING MOUNTAIN...

LAT...LON 3111 10268 3131 10251 3152 10214 3116 10199
      3107 10229 3108 10233 3106 10233 3098 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 242DEG 28KT 3109 10253

$$
2 follow-up statements
518 
WWUS54 KMAF 130342
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1042 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

TXC103-371-461-130415-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100513T0415Z/
CRANE TX-PECOS TX-UPTON TX-
1042 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN UPTON...NORTH CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHEASTERN CRANE
COUNTIES...

AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GIRVIN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF MCCAMEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...MCCAMEY
AND KING MOUNTAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3111 10268 3131 10251 3152 10214 3116 10199
      3107 10229 3108 10233 3106 10233 3098 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 242DEG 28KT 3113 10235

$$
808 
WWUS54 KMAF 130410
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1110 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

TXC103-371-461-130421-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100513T0415Z/
CRANE TX-PECOS TX-UPTON TX-
1110 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN UPTON...NORTH CENTRAL
PECOS AND SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3111 10268 3131 10251 3152 10214 3116 10199
      3107 10229 3108 10233 3106 10233 3098 10258
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 242DEG 28KT 3115 10217

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector58 min
May 12, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Martin59 min
May 12, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor, Midland59 min
May 12, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland47 min
May 12, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard35 min
May 12, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton55 min
May 12, 11:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin111 min
May 12, 11:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFHoward2 hr
May 13, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan, Upton66 min
May 13, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland43 min
May 13, 1:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFReagan, Upton116 min
May 13, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Mitchell47 min
May 13, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan, Upton64 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.