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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 6:19 PM CDT for Reeves County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
- Jun 12, 2012, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Monahans, TX |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 92 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.
036
WUUS54 KMAF 122319
SVRMAF
TXC389-475-130015-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0176.120612T2319Z-120613T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
619 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 616 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PYOTE...OR 18
MILES EAST OF PECOS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
PYOTE...
WICKETT...
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3164 10288 3156 10280 3136 10294 3144 10300
3124 10323 3150 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 251DEG 10KT 3142 10318
$$2 follow-up statements
238
WWUS54 KMAF 122342
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
642 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
TXC389-475-130015-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-120613T0015Z/
WARD TX-REEVES TX-
642 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL REEVES AND WARD COUNTIES...
AT 639 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WICKETT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MONAHANS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
THORNTONVILLE AND MONAHANS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3164 10288 3156 10280 3136 10294 3144 10300
3124 10323 3150 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 232DEG 18KT 3154 10297
$$735
WWUS54 KMAF 130009
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
709 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
TXC389-475-130019-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0176.000000T0000Z-120613T0015Z/
WARD TX-REEVES TX-
709 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL REEVES AND WARD
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD EXITED
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
05
LAT...LON 3164 10288 3156 10280 3136 10294 3144 10300
3124 10323 3150 10331
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 232DEG 18KT 3162 10284
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Ward, Winkler | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.