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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 8:08 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Andrews County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | 5 Ssw Frankel City, TX | 70 MPH WINDS BLEW TELEPHONE POLE DOWN ON A CAR |
| Jun 12, 8:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | E Frankel City, TX | TWO POWER POLES LEANING SSE AND A THIRD ONE SNAPPED .125 MI E OF FRANKEL CITY ON FM 1967 |
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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
868 WUUS54 KMAF 130108 SVRMAF TXC003-130215- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0182.120613T0108Z-120613T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 808 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 800 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 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKEL CITY...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDREWS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... FRANKEL CITY... FLOREY... ANDREWS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3252 10222 3210 10222 3210 10305 3251 10305 TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 313DEG 16KT 3244 10279 $$
2 follow-up statements
658 WWUS54 KMAF 130146 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 846 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 TXC003-130215- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-120613T0215Z/ ANDREWS TX- 846 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR ANDREWS COUNTY... AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKEL CITY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDREWS...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...FRANKEL CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3252 10222 3210 10222 3210 10305 3251 10305 TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 344DEG 14KT 3242 10285 $$
267 WWUS54 KMAF 130206 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 906 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 TXC003-130215- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-120613T0215Z/ ANDREWS TX- 906 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR ANDREWS COUNTY... AT 859 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 NEAR FRANKEL CITY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF ANDREWS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. AT 855 PM CDT...70 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED 5 MILES SSW OF FRANKEL CITY...AND BLEW A TELEPHONE POLE ONTO A CAR. SEEK SAFE SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3252 10222 3210 10222 3210 10305 3251 10305 TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 329DEG 14KT 3237 10281 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 9:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 115 min |
| Jun 12, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 10:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 11:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 12:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 113 min |
| Jun 13, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 29 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.