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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 11, 2012Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2012, 5:58 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 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, 5:58 PM MDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 11, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2012-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

107 
WUUS54 KMAF 112358
SVRMAF
NMC025-120100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0072.120411T2358Z-120412T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
558 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 554 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11
  MILES NORTH OF GLADIOLA...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF TATUM...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...
  STATE HIGHWAY 125 SOUTHEAST OF CROSSROADS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF 
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO 
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3317 10306 3329 10330 3352 10332 3355 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 257DEG 20KT 3342 10316

$$
1 follow-up statement
811 
WWUS54 KMAF 120027
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
627 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

NMC025-120100-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120412T0100Z/
LEA NM-
627 PM MDT WED APR 11 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

AT 622 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL...AND VERY DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF GLADIOLA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST 
OF TATUM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3317 10306 3329 10330 3352 10332 3355 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 257DEG 20KT 3341 10310

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 1:41 PM MDTFire Weather WatchMAF13 hr
Apr 11, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea57 min
Apr 11, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy66 min
Apr 11, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy53 min
Apr 11, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea59 min
Apr 11, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy65 min
Apr 11, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.