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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis 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
- Apr 9, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
955
WUUS54 KMAF 092246
SVRMAF
TXC043-243-371-092345-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0047.120409T2246Z-120409T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
546 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 542 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 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF HOVEY...OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
HOVEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 10371 3078 10360 3077 10358 3079 10357
3092 10321 3073 10305 3050 10321 3058 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 276DEG 7KT 3066 10349
$$2 follow-up statements
880
WWUS54 KMAF 092306
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
606 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
TXC043-243-371-092345-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120409T2345Z/
PECOS TX-BREWSTER TX-JEFF DAVIS TX-
606 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS...EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND WEST
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...
AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HOVEY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...HOVEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 10371 3078 10360 3077 10358 3079 10357
3092 10321 3073 10305 3050 10321 3058 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 295DEG 11KT 3060 10341
$$034
WWUS54 KMAF 092323
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
623 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
TXC243-092333-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120409T2345Z/
JEFF DAVIS TX-
623 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL JEFF
DAVIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3055 10352 3067 10344 3076 10338 3082 10324
3082 10323 3073 10305 3050 10321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 303DEG 11KT 3056 10334
$$
TXC043-371-092345-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120409T2345Z/
PECOS TX-BREWSTER TX-
623 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HOVEY...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALPINE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3055 10352 3067 10344 3076 10338 3082 10324
3082 10323 3073 10305 3050 10321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 303DEG 11KT 3056 10334
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 6:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 63 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.