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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2012, 4:33 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 28, 2012, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brewster County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Ne Panther Junction, TX | 7 MILES NE OF PANTHER JUNCTION. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. |
| May 28, 5:21 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 7 Ne Panther Junction, TX | 7 MILES NE OF PANTHER JUNCTION. 2.25 IN HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
103
WUUS54 KMAF 282133
SVRMAF
TXC043-282230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0151.120528T2133Z-120528T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
433 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 429 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 OVER
CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF PANTHER JUNCTION...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...
SOUTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2938 10330 2963 10328 2967 10270 2963 10273
2960 10274 2959 10276 2955 10277 2952 10280
2948 10280 2944 10283 2940 10281 2937 10284
2935 10284 2935 10288 2929 10288 2926 10290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 290DEG 15KT 2949 10316
$$2 follow-up statements
672
WWUS54 KMAF 282200
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
500 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
TXC043-282230-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120528T2230Z/
BREWSTER TX-
500 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...
AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH
OF PANTHER JUNCTION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...SOUTH
CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY JUST NORTH OF PANTHER JUNCTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK
SAFE SHELTER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 2938 10330 2959 10323 2967 10270 2963 10273
2960 10274 2959 10276 2955 10277 2952 10280
2948 10280 2944 10283 2940 10281 2937 10284
2935 10284 2935 10288 2929 10288 2926 10290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 290DEG 15KT 2943 10318
$$785
WWUS54 KMAF 282226
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
526 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
TXC043-282230-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0151.000000T0000Z-120528T2230Z/
BREWSTER TX-
526 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...
AT 521 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PANTHER JUNCTION...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...SOUTH
CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2938 10330 2959 10323 2967 10270 2963 10273
2960 10274 2959 10276 2955 10277 2952 10280
2948 10280 2944 10283 2940 10281 2937 10284
2935 10284 2935 10288 2929 10288 2926 10290
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 290DEG 15KT 2939 10306
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 46 min |
| May 28, 5:11 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 10 hr | |
| May 28, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 58 min |
| May 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| May 28, 3:16 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 32 hr | |
| May 28, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 61 min |
| May 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 46 min |
| May 28, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 59 min |
| May 28, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 58 min |
| May 28, 6:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Scurry | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.