Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 6:12 PM CDT for Borden County, Dawson County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado 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 106 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
- 1473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
894 WUUS54 KMAF 182312 SVRMAF TXC033-115-182345- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0005.120318T2312Z-120318T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 612 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 605 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 NEAR MIDWAY...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAMESA...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... MESQUITE... 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3263 10169 3264 10182 3297 10172 3297 10120 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 199DEG 44KT 3271 10171 $$
1 follow-up statement
819 WWUS54 KMAF 182330 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 630 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 TXC033-115-182345- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120318T2345Z/ DAWSON TX-BORDEN TX- 630 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN BORDEN AND NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES... AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MESQUITE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF GAIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... NORTHWESTERN BORDEN COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BORDEN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3263 10169 3264 10182 3297 10172 3297 10120 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 212DEG 33KT 3287 10163 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:36 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 41 hr | |
| Mar 18, 4:36 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | 16 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.