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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 10:16 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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 14, 2012, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
084
WUUS54 KMAF 150316
SVRMAF
TXC115-165-150415-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0077.120415T0316Z-120415T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1016 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1009 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 7 MILES
SOUTH OF CEDAR LAKE...OR 18 MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
SAND...
WELCH...
PUNKIN CENTER...
PRIDE...
LAMESA...
GRANDVIEW...
ARVANA...
HANCOCK...
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 3296 10170 3268 10171 3263 10237 3281 10237
3297 10233
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 245DEG 32KT 3275 10227
$$1 follow-up statement
933
WWUS54 KMAF 150342
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1042 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
TXC165-150352-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120415T0415Z/
GAINES TX-
1042 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD
WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3279 10220 3297 10219 3296 10170 3268 10171
3264 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 265DEG 34KT 3286 10197
$$
TXC115-150415-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-120415T0415Z/
DAWSON TX-
1042 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTY...
AT 1035 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 NEAR PUNKIN CENTER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMESA...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...ARVANA
AND HANCOCK.
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 600 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3279 10220 3297 10219 3296 10170 3268 10171
3264 10219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 265DEG 34KT 3286 10197
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 62 min |
| Apr 15, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Scurry | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Reagan, Upton | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 5:16 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Ector, Gaines, Loving, Midland and 4 more | 14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.