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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 10:29 PM CDT for Ector County, Ward County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ector County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Kermit, TX | SEVERAL REPORTS OF DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
067
WUUS54 KMAF 190329
SVRMAF
TXC135-475-495-190430-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0007.120319T0329Z-120319T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1029 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
NORTH CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1020 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF KERMIT TO 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
NORTH OF KERMIT TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KERMIT...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
THE WINKLER COUNTY SANDHILLS...
NOTREES...
GOLDSMITH...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 10305 3208 10305 3208 10257 3166 10274
3162 10325 3199 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 259DEG 24KT 3195 10307 3163 10318
$$1 follow-up statement
126
WWUS54 KMAF 190347
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1047 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012
TXC135-475-495-190430-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120319T0430Z/
ECTOR TX-WARD TX-WINKLER TX-
1047 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR WINKLER...NORTH CENTRAL WARD AND WESTERN ECTOR COUNTIES...
AT 1038 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING NICKEL SIZED HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THE WINKLER COUNTY SANDHILLS TO
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF KERMIT TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF KERMIT...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...NOTREES AND
GOLDSMITH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIDLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3200 10305 3208 10305 3208 10257 3166 10274
3162 10325 3199 10317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 259DEG 24KT 3195 10296 3173 10300
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Winkler | 63 min |
| Mar 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Scurry | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 56 min |
| Mar 19, 3:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Loving, Ward, Winkler | 16 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 4:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 5:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.