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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 22, 2012Borden County, Scurry County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 22, 2012, 5:50 AM CDT for Borden County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 14 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
Oct 22, 2012, 5:50 AM CDT (10:50 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 2012, 6:04 AM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Borden County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

691 
WUUS54 KMAF 221050
SVRMAF
TXC033-415-221115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0232.121022T1050Z-121022T1115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
550 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 545 AM 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
  GAIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  FLUVANNA...

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 3274 10143 3285 10156 3297 10146 3297 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 237DEG 35KT 3282 10138

$$
1 follow-up statement
192 
WWUS54 KMAF 221104
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
604 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2012

TXC033-415-221114-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0232.000000T0000Z-121022T1115Z/
SCURRY TX-BORDEN TX-
604 AM CDT MON OCT 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BORDEN AND
NORTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 604 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3274 10143 3285 10156 3297 10146 3297 10075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1104Z 237DEG 35KT 3294 10127

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 21, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis29 min
Oct 21, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis31 min
Oct 21, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves48 min
Oct 22, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFReeves45 min
Oct 22, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward, Winkler52 min
Oct 22, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector, Ward, Winkler50 min
Oct 22, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Winkler54 min
Oct 22, 2:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFDawson, Martin28 min
Oct 22, 3:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin39 min
Oct 22, 4:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Martin, Scurry58 min
Oct 22, 5:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews23 min
Oct 22, 5:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Martin55 min
Oct 22, 6:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin55 min
Oct 22, 6:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Scurry58 min
Oct 22, 6:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFBorden, Howard46 min
Oct 22, 7:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell, Scurry58 min
Oct 22, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock63 min
Oct 22, 7:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFHoward36 min
Oct 22, 8:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFGlasscock24 min
Oct 22, 8:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell25 min
Oct 22, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell29 min
Oct 22, 9:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFMitchell29 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.