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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 12, 2012Andrews County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 9:14 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2012, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 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 02:13 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, 9:28 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Frankel City, TX	TELEPHONE POLES DOWN 1/4 E FRANKEL CITY.

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, 2.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

883 
WUUS54 KMAF 130214
SVRMAF
TXC003-130315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0185.120613T0214Z-120613T0315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 909 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 NEAR
  FRANKEL CITY...OR 14 MILES WEST OF ANDREWS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY...
  SOUTHERN ANDREWS COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

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 3210 10236 3210 10292 3247 10297 3247 10275
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 326DEG 15KT 3234 10278

$$

1 follow-up statement

063 
WWUS54 KMAF 130247
SVSMAF

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

TXC003-130315-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-120613T0315Z/
ANDREWS TX-
947 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY...

AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH
OF ANDREWS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...SOUTH
CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS
SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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 400 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3210 10247 3210 10275 3219 10275 3218 10255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 324DEG 22KT 3208 10259

$$

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, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	67 min
Jun 12, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Andrews	34 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.