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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2012, 7:25 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Presidio County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 31, 2012, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jeff Davis County, TX, Presidio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
576
WUUS54 KMAF 010025
SVRMAF
TXC243-377-010100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0166.120601T0025Z-120601T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
725 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 721 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 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE...OR 34 MILES WEST OF MARFA...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
VALENTINE...
OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY...
OPEN COUNTRY OF WEST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS 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 3024 10432 3017 10450 3038 10475 3055 10478
3079 10460 3076 10428 3066 10429 3044 10428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 065DEG 9KT 3049 10457
$$1 follow-up statement
007
WWUS54 KMAF 010052
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
752 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
TXC243-377-010100-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-120601T0100Z/
JEFF DAVIS TX-PRESIDIO TX-
752 PM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO AND WEST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES...
AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF VALENTINE...OR ABOUT 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MARFA...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
VALENTINE...
OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY...
OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3024 10432 3017 10450 3038 10475 3055 10478
3079 10460 3076 10428 3066 10429 3044 10428
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 065DEG 9KT 3050 10453
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 67 min |
| May 31, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 44 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.