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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2012, 8:27 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports 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, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2012, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Seminole, TX | QUARTER HAIL LASTED FROM 915 PM TO 945 PM CDT. |
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Seminole, TX | 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS IN ADDITION TO HAIL RANGING FROM QUARTERS TO GOLFBALLS OCCURED IN SEMINOLE. |
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, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
429 WUUS54 KMAF 080127 SVRMAF TXC165-080230- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0113.120508T0127Z-120508T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 827 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAYNES CORNER...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... PAYNES CORNER... SEMINOLE... FAIRVIEW... STATE HIGHWAY 214... 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. DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3296 10248 3266 10252 3273 10296 3295 10297 TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 293DEG 20KT 3279 10287 $$
1 follow-up statement
400 WWUS54 KMAF 080152 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 852 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012 TXC165-080230- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120508T0230Z/ GAINES TX- 852 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL GAINES COUNTY... AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... SEMINOLE...STATE HIGHWAY 214...U.S. HIGHWAY 385. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM MAY OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE RAIN. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3272 10288 3295 10292 3296 10248 3266 10252 TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 287DEG 25KT 3273 10264 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 45 min |
| May 7, 8:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 62 min |
| May 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 3 hr |
| May 7, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 62 min |
| May 7, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 61 min |
| May 7, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 65 min |
| May 7, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 57 min |
| May 7, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 29 min |
| May 8, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 54 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 64 min |
| May 8, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 54 min |
| May 8, 6:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MAF | Presidio | 60 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.