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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2012, 8:07 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Reagan County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 8:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 25 Nne Big Lake, TX | 15 INCH HAIL DRIFT OF PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL SIZE |
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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
451 WUUS54 KMAF 080107 SVRMAF TXC383-080200- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0040.120408T0107Z-120408T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 807 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 802 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 22 MILES EAST OF NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STERLING CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NORTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY...FARM ROAD 33...STILES. 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. 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 3113 10127 3121 10171 3164 10170 3165 10126 TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 042DEG 5KT 3158 10124 $$
2 follow-up statements
463 WWUS54 KMAF 080130 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 830 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 TXC383-080200- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120408T0200Z/ REAGAN TX- 830 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR REAGAN COUNTY... AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF STILES...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG LAKE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EAST CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTY...FARM ROAD 33...STILES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3113 10127 3121 10171 3164 10170 3165 10126 TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 049DEG 6KT 3145 10134 $$
533 WWUS54 KMAF 080147 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 847 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 TXC383-080200- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120408T0200Z/ REAGAN TX- 847 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR REAGAN COUNTY... AT 844 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 12 MILES EAST OF STILES...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF BIG LAKE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EAST CENTRAL REAGAN COUNTY...FARM ROAD 33...STILES. 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. 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 3113 10127 3121 10171 3164 10170 3165 10126 TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 049DEG 6KT 3143 10136 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 36 min |
| Apr 7, 8:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 58 min |
| Apr 7, 9:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Crane, Reagan, Upton | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan, Upton | 60 min |
| Apr 7, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.