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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2012, 12:24 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 15, 2012, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 12:31 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 E Gail, TX | PEA TO NICKEL HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 14, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.
521
WUUS54 KMAF 150524
SVRMAF
TXC033-115-227-317-415-150615-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0079.120415T0524Z-120415T0615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1224 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1218 AM 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 8 MILES
NORTH OF VEALMOOR...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GAIL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A SMALL CLUSTER OF SEVERE STORMS WERE ALSO
LOCATED FROM TARZAN TO PATRICIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
GAIL...
PATRICIA...
TARZAN...
ACKERLY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH... PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3266 10188 3272 10161 3295 10151 3295 10116
3255 10119 3243 10135 3228 10201 3260 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 231DEG 44KT 3265 10150
$$1 follow-up statement
620
WWUS54 KMAF 150551
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1251 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
TXC033-115-227-317-415-150615-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120415T0615Z/
DAWSON TX-HOWARD TX-MARTIN TX-SCURRY TX-BORDEN TX-
1251 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR BORDEN...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SCURRY...NORTHEASTERN MARTIN...
NORTHWESTERN HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES...
AT 1246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF GAIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A SECOND
SEVERE STORM IS NEAR ACKERLY.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...GAIL IN
BORDEN COUNTY AND NEAR FLUVANNA IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SCURRY
COUNTY...AND ACKERLY IN NORTHEAST MARTIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE THE PATH... PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO
SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3234 10185 3252 10182 3259 10179 3272 10161
3295 10151 3295 10116 3255 10119 3243 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 231DEG 44KT 3285 10121
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 59 min |
| Apr 14, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson | 62 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 |
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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.