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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 53 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.