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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 9, 2012Loving County, Reeves County, Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2012, 7:39 PM CDT for Loving County, Reeves County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Loving County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7:51 PM CDTHAIL 42 W Mentone, TX3.5 TO 4 INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF 70-80 MPH
Apr 9, 8:20 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 Nw Pecos, TX

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, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 617 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

432 
WUUS54 KMAF 100039
SVRMAF
TXC301-389-475-100115-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0052.120410T0039Z-120410T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LOVING COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE AND DAMAGING
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF SOFTBALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
  70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENTONE... 
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  MENTONE...
  STATE HIGHWAY 302...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... VERY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... 
AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO 
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND 
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3190 10338 3150 10331 3144 10357 3151 10374
      3181 10391 3190 10370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 299DEG 23KT 3175 10364

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves56 min
Apr 9, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Loving, Winkler55 min
Apr 9, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves, Ward28 min
Apr 9, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson63 min
Apr 9, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward62 min
Apr 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines54 min
Apr 9, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves, Ward32 min
Apr 9, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves62 min
Apr 9, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves63 min
Apr 10, 12:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos34 min
Apr 10, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.