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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.
979
WUUS54 KMAF 092342
SVRMAF
TXC043-371-100045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0049.120409T2342Z-120410T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
642 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...
NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 639 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 8 MILES
SOUTH OF HOVEY...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MARATHON...
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 3044 10287 3012 10317 3019 10351 3062 10350
3074 10324
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 332DEG 12KT 3048 10331
$$2 follow-up statements
047
WWUS54 KMAF 100008
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
708 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
TXC043-371-100045-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120410T0045Z/
PECOS TX-BREWSTER TX-
708 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTIES...
AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
MARATHON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3053 10348 3060 10313 3044 10287 3012 10317
3019 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 332DEG 12KT 3038 10325
$$760
WWUS54 KMAF 100036
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
736 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
TXC043-371-100046-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120410T0045Z/
PECOS TX-BREWSTER TX-
736 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER AND
SOUTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 3053 10348 3060 10313 3044 10287 3012 10317
3019 10351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 332DEG 12KT 3030 10320
$$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, 6:12 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.