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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 9, 2012Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2012, 5:53 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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, 5:53 PM MDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2012, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 5:53 PM MDTHAIL 110 Nw Carlsbad, NM1/2 INCH TO 1 INCH HAIL
Apr 9, 6:02 PM MDTHAIL 117 Nw Carlsbad, NM1/2 INCH TO 1 INCH HAIL,6 MILES WEST OF BRANTLY LAKE

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 4:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.

299 
WUUS54 KMAF 092353
SVRMAF
NMC015-100045-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0050.120409T2353Z-120410T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* AT 547 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 11 
  MILES WEST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING    
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  CARLSBAD...
  AVALON...

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 3253 10403 3216 10439 3239 10481 3260 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 285DEG 22KT 3245 10440

$$
2 follow-up statements
434 
WWUS54 KMAF 100016
SVSMAF

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

NMC015-100045-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120410T0045Z/
EDDY NM-
616 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

AT 553 PM MDT TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
CARLSBAD REPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

AT 602 PM MDT TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
CARLSBAD REPORTED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

AT 612 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 CARLSBAD NORTH...OR ABOUT NEAR CARLSBAD...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF 
CARLSBAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...CARLSBAD
NORTH...CARLSBAD AND AVALON.

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 3253 10403 3216 10439 3239 10481 3260 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 274DEG 23KT 3244 10427

$$
076 
WWUS54 KMAF 100045
SVSMAF

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

NMC015-100055-
/O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-120410T0045Z/
EDDY NM-
645 PM MDT MON APR 9 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 645 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED... PONDING OF WATER
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN
CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO
PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3253 10403 3216 10439 3239 10481 3260 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 274DEG 23KT 3244 10425

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy56 min
Apr 9, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy54 min
Apr 9, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy63 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.