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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 16, 2012Crane County, Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2012, 4:01 PM CDT for Crane County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 16, 2012, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Crane County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 16, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 855 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.7

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The text

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

880 
WUUS54 KMAF 162101
SVRMAF
TXC103-371-162200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0003.120316T2101Z-120316T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
401 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 26
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF GIRVIN...OR 6 MILES EAST OF FORT STOCKTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  INTERSTATE 10 IMMEDIATELY EAST OF FORT STOCKTON
  GIRVIN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURRING 
OR IS IMMINENT. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... HAIL AN INCH IN 
DIAMETER OR LARGER... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL
LIKELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM MOVE TO SAFE 
SHELTER NOW.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3080 10281 3104 10292 3138 10246 3109 10230
      3108 10236 3103 10228 3076 10213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 237DEG 19KT 3093 10276

$$
1 follow-up statement
864 
WWUS54 KMAF 162129
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
429 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012

TXC103-371-162200-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120316T2200Z/
CRANE TX-PECOS TX-
429 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PECOS AND SOUTHEASTERN CRANE COUNTIES...

AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF GIRVIN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
BAKERSFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF FORT 
STOCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...GIRVIN.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3080 10281 3104 10292 3138 10246 3109 10230
      3108 10236 3103 10228 3076 10213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 239DEG 35KT 3105 10254

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster62 min
Mar 15, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster58 min
Mar 16, 4:07 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF25 hr
Mar 16, 12:52 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF31 hr

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.