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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 9, 2012Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2012, 4:19 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 56 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 9, 2012, 4:19 PM MDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2012, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 5:00 PM MDTHAIL 1.25Malaga, NMHAIL COVERED THE GROUND AND CRACKED A WINDSHIELD AND DENTED A TRUCK

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2012-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-303 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

148 
WUUS54 KMAF 092219
SVRMAF
NMC015-092315-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0045.120409T2219Z-120409T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
419 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 417 PM MDT...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
  WHITES CITY...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  LOVING...
  MALAGA...

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 3239 10386 3204 10395 3219 10459 3234 10454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 278DEG 20KT 3223 10429

$$
2 follow-up statements
559 
WWUS54 KMAF 092238
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
438 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012

NMC015-092315-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120409T2315Z/
EDDY NM-
438 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY...

AT 434 PM MDT...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 NEAR WHITES CITY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...LOVING
AND MALAGA.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3239 10386 3204 10395 3219 10459 3234 10454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 278DEG 20KT 3221 10429

$$
450 
WWUS54 KMAF 092250
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
450 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012

NMC015-092315-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120409T2315Z/
EDDY NM-
450 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY...

AT 447 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL OR LARGER...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF WHITES CITY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF
CARLSBAD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...MALAGA
AND LOVING.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3239 10386 3204 10395 3219 10459 3234 10454
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 282DEG 17KT 3220 10426

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy54 min
Apr 9, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy63 min
Apr 9, 5:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.