Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2012, 3:18 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico; Culberson County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 7, 2012, 3:18 PM MDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:35 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | Pine Springs, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 6040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027
WUUS54 KMAF 072118
SVRMAF
NMC015-TXC109-072215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0101.120507T2118Z-120507T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
418 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT/415 PM MDT/
* AT 415 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 8 MILES
SOUTH OF GUADALUPE PASS...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF PINE SPRINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GUADALUPE PASS...
PINE SPRINGS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 54 NORTH OF MILE MARKER 354...
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 1100 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING/1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 10484 3229 10476 3196 10415 3146 10490
3198 10491
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 215DEG 32KT 3176 10483
$$2 follow-up statements
811
WWUS54 KMAF 072140
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
440 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
NMC015-TXC109-072215-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120507T2215Z/
EDDY NM-CULBERSON TX-
440 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
OR 415 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN EDDY
COUNTIES...
AT 333 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PINE SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PINE SPRINGS.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
PINE SPRINGS...MCKITTRICK CANYON...U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING/1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3147 10489 3198 10489 3200 10484 3229 10476
3196 10415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 209DEG 26KT 3190 10475
$$368
WWUS54 KMAF 072201
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
401 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012
NMC015-TXC109-072215-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120507T2215Z/
EDDY NM-CULBERSON TX-
401 PM MDT MON MAY 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM
MDT/515 PM CDT/ FOR NORTH CENTRAL CULBERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN EDDY
COUNTIES...
AT 335 PM MDT...PARK SERVICE EMPLOYEES AT THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK HEADQUARTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
AT 356 PM MDT...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 MCKITTRICK CANYON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINE
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...QUEEN.
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 1000 PM MDT
MONDAY EVENING/1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3158 10472 3193 10484 3200 10484 3229 10476
3196 10415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 209DEG 26KT 3205 10469
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 56 min |
| May 7, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 58 min |
| May 7, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 52 min |
| May 7, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 53 min |
| May 7, 11:42 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 63 min |
| May 7, 3:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 55 min |
| May 7, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 58 min |
| May 7, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 64 min |
| May 7, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 53 min |
| May 7, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.