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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2012, 8:44 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mitchell County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 28, 8:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Se Colorado City, TX | PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY. |
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 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
681
WUUS54 KMAF 290144
SVRMAF
TXC335-290245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0161.120529T0144Z-120529T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
844 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 842 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 7 MILES
SOUTH OF LORAINE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 10075 3208 10078 3229 10087 3245 10067
3236 10065 3209 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 312DEG 21KT 3230 10072
$$2 follow-up statements
622
WWUS54 KMAF 290200
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
900 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
TXC335-290245-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-120529T0245Z/
MITCHELL TX-
900 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY...
AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF LORAINE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COLORADO CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 10075 3208 10078 3229 10087 3245 10067
3236 10065 3209 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 312DEG 21KT 3224 10066
$$999
WWUS54 KMAF 290206
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
906 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
TXC335-290245-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-120529T0245Z/
MITCHELL TX-
906 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY...
AT 904 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH
PRODUCED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH
OF LORAINE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 10075 3208 10078 3229 10087 3245 10067
3236 10065 3209 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 311DEG 12KT 3224 10067
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 57 min |
| May 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 64 min |
| May 28, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 62 min |
| May 28, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 34 min |
| May 28, 8:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell | 2 hr |
| May 28, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 40 min |
| May 28, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 54 min |
| May 29, 2:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 8 more | 32 hr |
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.