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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2012, 5:39 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. 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 15, 2012, 5:39 PM MDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2012, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
740
WUUS54 KMAF 152339
SVRMAF
NMC025-160045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0202.120615T2339Z-120616T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
539 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
* AT 531 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 NEAR
CAPROCK...OR 27 MILES WEST OF TATUM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CROSSROADS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3328 10377 3339 10377 3340 10373 3357 10372
3357 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 238DEG 19KT 3338 10372
$$1 follow-up statement
952
WWUS54 KMAF 160019
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
619 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012
NMC025-160045-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-120616T0045Z/
LEA NM-
619 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY...
AT 612 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF CAPROCK...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TATUM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
CROSSROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3328 10377 3339 10377 3340 10373 3357 10372
3357 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 239DEG 54KT 3347 10342
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 5:19 PM MDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 5:19 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 619 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORMS ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY MOVING OFF THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE REMOVED FROM ALL TAFS EXCEPT CNM. MORE TS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOMORROW BUT AGAIN THE ONLY LOCATION WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ENOUGH TO MENTION IS CNM. DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW SHOULD PREVENT MUCH EASTWARD STORM MOTION. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED EXCEPT PERHAPS BRIEFLY DURING CONVECTION. HENNIG && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 10
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 1:39 PM MDT, 4 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 239 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-161100- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 239 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 /139 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF WEST TEXAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOST PERSISTENT ACTIVITY WILL BE WEST OF A LAMESA...MIDLAND TO SANDERSON LINE. A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE EACH DAY WITH BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THERE IS A 20 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 248 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012 TXZ081-152115- BIG BEND AREA- 348 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT... A THUNDERSTORM WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY AT 348 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 415 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 TXZ081-152145- BIG BEND AREA- 415 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY AT 415 PM CDT...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 421 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 TXZ057-058-074-152145- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 421 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL CULBERSON AND NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF KENT AT 421 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 507 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 NMZ027-028-152230- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 407 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM MDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF QUEEN AT 407 PM MDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:04 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 604 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 NMZ029-152330- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY- 504 PM MDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN LEA COUNTY AT 504 PM MDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. &&
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:22 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 622 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 TXZ074-081-152345- BIG BEND AREA-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 622 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY AT 622 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...NICKEL SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. &&
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Lea | 3 hr |
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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.