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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 11, 2012Loving County, Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2012, 11:36 PM CDT for Loving County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2012, 12:04 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Loving County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2012-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 733 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
733 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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.

202 
WUUS54 KMAF 120436
SVRMAF
TXC301-495-120530-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0076.120412T0436Z-120412T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1136 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LOVING COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1132 PM CDT...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 NEAR
  SLASH RANCH...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF MENTONE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  CENTRAL LOVING COUNTY...
  EASTERN LOVING COUNTY...
  WESTERN WINKLER COUNTY...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3198 10324 3168 10318 3166 10360 3195 10369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 260DEG 14KT 3185 10352

$$
2 follow-up statements
432 
WWUS54 KMAF 120455
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1155 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012

TXC301-495-120530-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120412T0530Z/
LOVING TX-WINKLER TX-
1155 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL WINKLER AND EASTERN LOVING COUNTIES...

AT 1153 PM CDT...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 OVER EAST CENTRAL LOVING COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MENTONE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EAST
CENTRAL LOVING COUNTY...EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTY AND
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LOVING COUNTY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3171 10346 3196 10358 3198 10324 3168 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 260DEG 14KT 3186 10343

$$
649 
WWUS54 KMAF 120504
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1204 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012

TXC301-495-120515-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120412T0530Z/
LOVING TX-WINKLER TX-
1204 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WINKLER AND
EASTERN LOVING COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 1205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3171 10346 3196 10358 3198 10324 3168 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 260DEG 14KT 3187 10338

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves64 min
Apr 11, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Loving, Winkler64 min
Apr 11, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward62 min
Apr 12, 3:37 AM CDTFire Weather WatchMAF11 hr
Apr 12, 3:37 AM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF15 hr
Apr 12, 11:44 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningMAF13 hr
Apr 12, 1:56 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMAF31 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.