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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2012, 6:12 PM CDT for Culberson County, Loving County, Reeves County, Texas; Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 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, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Eddy County, NM, Culberson County, TX, Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 6:54 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 7 N Orla, TX | TENNIS BALL HAIL AND 50 TO 60 MPH WIND ON STATE ROAD 25 |
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 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
599
WUUS54 KMAF 092312
SVRMAF
NMC015-TXC109-301-389-100015-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0048.120409T2312Z-120410T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
512 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN LOVING COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT/715 PM CDT/
* AT 509 PM MDT...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 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MALAGA...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
RED BLUFF LAKE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY MORNING/100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3216 10381 3193 10374 3188 10419 3211 10430
3227 10421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 297DEG 13KT 3212 10414
$$2 follow-up statements
849
WWUS54 KMAF 092337
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
537 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012
NMC015-TXC109-301-389-100015-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120410T0015Z/
LOVING TX-EDDY NM-REEVES TX-CULBERSON TX-
537 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM
MDT/715 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
REEVES...SOUTHEASTERN EDDY AND NORTHWESTERN LOVING COUNTIES...
AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF RED BLUFF LAKE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MENTONE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...RED
BLUFF LAKE...U.S. HIGHWAY 285.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TUESDAY MORNING/100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3216 10381 3193 10374 3188 10419 3211 10430
3227 10421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 305DEG 23KT 3198 10399
$$881
WWUS54 KMAF 100006
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
706 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
NMC015-TXC109-301-389-100015-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-120410T0015Z/
LOVING TX-EDDY NM-REEVES TX-CULBERSON TX-
706 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM
CDT/615 PM MDT/ FOR NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
REEVES...SOUTHEASTERN EDDY AND NORTHWESTERN LOVING COUNTIES...
AT 655 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS 7 MILES NORTH OF ORLA
REPORTED TENNIS BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RED BLUFF
LAKE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENTONE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY AND WEST CENTRAL LOVING COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING/MIDNIGHT MDT TUESDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3201 10423 3206 10407 3206 10379 3193 10374
3188 10419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 305DEG 23KT 3191 10389
$$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, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 59 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 |
| Apr 9, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2012Severe 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.