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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 5:28 PM CDT for Reeves County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 26, 2012, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 26, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
774 WUUS54 KMAF 262228 SVRMAF TXC389-475-262330- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0142.120526T2228Z-120526T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 528 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... EAST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES WEST OF PYOTE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF PECOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... PYOTE...BARSTOW...INTERSTATE 20...10 MILES EAST OF PECOS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3164 10331 3159 10303 3134 10334 3145 10351 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 219DEG 20KT 3146 10336 $$
1 follow-up statement
313 WWUS54 KMAF 262249 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 549 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 TXC389-475-262330- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-120526T2330Z/ WARD TX-REEVES TX- 549 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL REEVES AND WESTERN WARD COUNTIES... AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BARSTOW ALONG INTERSTATE 20...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PECOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...PYOTE... INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN BARSTOW AND PYOTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3164 10331 3159 10303 3134 10334 3145 10351 TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 219DEG 20KT 3156 10327 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:09 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| May 26, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward, Winkler | 61 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.