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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 31, 2012Jeff Davis County, Presidio County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2012-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2012-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio67 min
May 31, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio44 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.