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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2012, 6:27 PM CDT for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- May 7, 2012, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229
WUUS54 KMAF 072327
SVRMAF
TXC371-443-080030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0110.120507T2327Z-120508T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
627 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF SHEFFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 24 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SHEFFIELD AND IS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
SHEFFIELD...
IRAAN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3045 10180 3039 10221 3065 10235 3107 10233
3104 10229 3104 10221 3102 10219 3100 10214
3099 10208 3100 10203 3099 10202 3099 10198
3093 10189 3092 10187 3089 10188 3086 10185
3070 10180 3065 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 191DEG 22KT 3055 10189
$$2 follow-up statements
761
WWUS54 KMAF 072358
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
658 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
TXC371-443-080030-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120508T0030Z/
PECOS TX-TERRELL TX-
658 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TERRELL AND EAST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...
AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 24 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
BAKERSFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3045 10180 3039 10221 3065 10235 3107 10233
3104 10229 3104 10221 3102 10219 3100 10214
3099 10208 3100 10203 3099 10202 3099 10198
3093 10189 3092 10187 3089 10188 3086 10185
3070 10180 3065 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 191DEG 22KT 3058 10229
$$389
WWUS54 KMAF 080023
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
723 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
TXC371-443-080033-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0110.000000T0000Z-120508T0030Z/
PECOS TX-TERRELL TX-
723 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TERRELL AND EAST
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
AT 723 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 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3045 10180 3039 10221 3065 10235 3107 10233
3104 10229 3104 10221 3102 10219 3100 10214
3099 10208 3100 10203 3099 10202 3099 10198
3093 10189 3092 10187 3089 10188 3086 10185
3070 10180 3065 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 191DEG 22KT 3073 10226
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 63 min |
| May 7, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 57 min |
| May 7, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 55 min |
| May 7, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 58 min |
| May 7, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 64 min |
| May 7, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.