Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2012, 5:10 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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 11, 2012, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 11, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
438 WUUS54 KMAF 112310 SVRMAF NMC015-120015- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0070.120411T2310Z-120412T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 510 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * AT 503 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 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHITES CITY...OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINE SPRINGS... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... WHITES CITY... MALAGA... LOVING... 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3247 10373 3201 10373 3201 10454 3214 10454 TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 248DEG 18KT 3208 10439 $$
1 follow-up statement
894 WWUS54 KMAF 112324 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 524 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 NMC015-120015- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120412T0015Z/ EDDY NM- 524 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 520 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF WHITES CITY...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF CARLSBAD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...SOUTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY... A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3247 10373 3201 10373 3201 10454 3214 10454 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 268DEG 20KT 3207 10432 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 1:41 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 13 hr | |
| Apr 11, 4:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 53 min |
| Apr 11, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 59 min |
| Apr 11, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.