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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 12, 2012Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 6:37 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 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, 6:37 PM MDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2012, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 6:50 PM MDTHAIL 122 W Carlsbad, NM

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1015 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1015 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

487 
WUUS54 KMAF 130037
SVRMAF
NMC015-130130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0180.120613T0037Z-120613T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 633 PM MDT...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 17
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEVEN RIVERS...OR 27 MILES WEST OF CARLSBAD...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  WESTERN EDDY COUNTY...
  CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3258 10429 3239 10421 3215 10432 3244 10482
      3265 10479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 301DEG 13KT 3247 10467

$$
1 follow-up statement
611 
WWUS54 KMAF 130101
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
701 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

NMC015-130130-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0180.000000T0000Z-120613T0130Z/
EDDY NM-
701 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

AT 700 PM MDT...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 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEVEN RIVERS...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST
OF CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CENTRAL
EDDY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3258 10429 3239 10421 3215 10432 3244 10482
      3265 10479
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 301DEG 13KT 3244 10457

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea2 hr
Jun 12, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea65 min
Jun 12, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Jun 12, 7:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea2 hr
Jun 12, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea35 min
Jun 12, 8:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.