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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 2012, 6:33 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
- Sep 25, 2012, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246 WUUS54 KMAF 252333 SVRMAF TXC329-260000- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0210.120925T2333Z-120926T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 633 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF SPRABERRY NEAR FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1379...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... OPEN COUNTRY OF EASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY... 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. && LAT...LON 3193 10180 3166 10178 3166 10196 3188 10198 TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 257DEG 12KT 3182 10185 $$
1 follow-up statement
656 WWUS54 KMAF 252344 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 644 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 TXC329-260000- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-120926T0000Z/ MIDLAND TX- 644 PM CDT TUE SEP 25 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY... AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRABERRY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1379 IN SOUTHEAST MIDLAND COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3193 10180 3166 10178 3166 10196 3188 10198 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 257DEG 12KT 3183 10181 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 30 min |
| Sep 25, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Pecos | 28 min |
| Sep 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Midland | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Terrell | 30 min |
| Sep 25, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.