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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2012, 3:58 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2012, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mitchell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:03 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 13 S Westbrook, TX | |
| Apr 7, 4:03 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 13 S Westbrook, TX | ROTATING WALL CLOUD ALSO REPORTED. |
| Apr 7, 4:12 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 13 S Westbrook, TX | ROTATING WALL CLOUD ALSO REPORTED |
| Apr 7, 4:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 13 S Westbrook, TX | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. |
| Apr 7, 4:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 16 S Westbrook, TX | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 5 MPH. |
| Apr 7, 4:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 17 N Sterling City, TX | TORNADO ON THE STERLING-MITCHELL COUNTY LINE. RELAYED THROUGH WFO MIDLAND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 993 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683 WUUS54 KMAF 072058 SVRMAF TXC335-072200- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0032.120407T2058Z-120407T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 358 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SOUTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3209 10118 3224 10106 3224 10084 3208 10083 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 061DEG 5KT 3217 10097 $$
1 follow-up statement
062 WWUS54 KMAF 072107 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 407 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 TXC335-072200- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120407T2200Z/ MITCHELL TX- 407 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 400 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...SOUTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3209 10118 3224 10106 3224 10084 3208 10083 TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 067DEG 8KT 3217 10099 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 23 min |
| Apr 6, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 5:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.