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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 12, 2012Pecos County, Reeves County, Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 5:54 PM CDT for Pecos County, Reeves County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 66 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
Jun 12, 2012, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1098 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
1098 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-375 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

367 
WUUS54 KMAF 122254
SVRMAF
TXC371-389-475-130000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0175.120612T2254Z-120613T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
554 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 553 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
  SOUTHWEST OF COYANOSA...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PECOS...MOVING
  EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  COYANOSA...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3143 10300 3112 10275 3105 10318 3121 10325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 260DEG 7KT 3118 10317

$$
2 follow-up statements
477 
WWUS54 KMAF 122323
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
623 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

TXC371-389-475-130000-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-120613T0000Z/
PECOS TX-WARD TX-REEVES TX-
623 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL REEVES...SOUTH CENTRAL WARD AND NORTH
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...

AT 620 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 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COYANOSA...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST
OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
COYANOSA.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3143 10300 3112 10275 3105 10318 3121 10325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 229DEG 7KT 3114 10312

$$
389 
WWUS54 KMAF 130006
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
706 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

TXC371-389-475-130015-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0175.000000T0000Z-120613T0000Z/
PECOS TX-WARD TX-REEVES TX-
706 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL REEVES...
SOUTH CENTRAL WARD AND NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 
STORMS IN NORTHERN PECOS COUNTY ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3143 10300 3112 10275 3105 10318 3121 10325
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 229DEG 7KT 3114 10312

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves, Ward56 min
Jun 12, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Ward, Winkler53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.