Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2012, 6:18 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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
- Mar 26, 2012, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -410 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
077 WUUS54 KMAF 262318 SVRMAF TXC371-270015- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0016.120326T2318Z-120327T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 618 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 616 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 PECOS COUNTY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY... NORTHERN PECOS 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 3127 10297 3107 10263 3089 10293 3099 10317 TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 230DEG 23KT 3097 10301 $$
1 follow-up statement
480 WWUS54 KMAF 262346 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 646 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 TXC371-270015- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120327T0015Z/ PECOS TX- 646 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY... AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...BETWEEN US 285 AND SH 18...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY AND NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3127 10297 3107 10263 3089 10293 3099 10317 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 232DEG 20KT 3095 10296 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| Mar 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.