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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2012, 3:29 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 27, 2012, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 946 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
671 WUUS54 KMAF 272029 SVRMAF TXC043-243-371-272130- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0022.120327T2029Z-120327T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 329 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 327 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 WEST OF HOVEY...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... HOVEY... BELDING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3099 10334 3067 10279 3036 10351 3058 10373 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 236DEG 17KT 3058 10344 $$
1 follow-up statement
058 WWUS54 KMAF 272055 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 355 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 TXC043-243-371-272130- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120327T2130Z/ PECOS TX-BREWSTER TX-JEFF DAVIS TX- 355 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES... AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF HOVEY...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...BELDING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3099 10334 3067 10279 3036 10351 3058 10373 TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 254DEG 11KT 3065 10320 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Upton | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| Mar 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 63 min |
| Mar 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 56 min |
| Mar 27, 6:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Presidio, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Reagan | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.