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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 18, 2012, 11:27 PM CDT for Ector County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 18, 2012, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ector County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 12:28 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ene Gardendale, TX | *** 3 INJ *** TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES ENE OF GARDENDALE AND TRANSLATED NE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE. MAXIMUM WIDTH APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS. A BARN...A TRAVEL TRAILER...AND METAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. A LARGE CAMPER...A RV...AND A HORSE |
| Mar 19, 12:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Gardendale, TX | *** 2 INJ *** TRAILER HOME FLIPPED OVER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 31 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
- 786 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
073 WUUS54 KMAF 190427 SVRMAF TXC135-495-190530- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0008.120319T0427Z-120319T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1127 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NOTREES TO 16 MILES WEST OF PENWELL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF KERMIT TO MONAHANS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NOTREES... PENWELL... GOLDSMITH... NORTH COWDEN... WEST ODESSA... ODESSA... GARDENDALE... PLEASANT FARMS... 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 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3207 10229 3166 10231 3167 10287 3199 10286 TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 270DEG 24KT 3195 10278 3166 10279 $$
1 follow-up statement
601 WWUS54 KMAF 190500 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1200 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 TXC495-190510- /O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120319T0530Z/ WINKLER TX- 1200 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WINKLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT MIDNIGHT CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3202 10266 3207 10229 3166 10231 3167 10266 TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 263DEG 27KT 3202 10250 3173 10251 $$ TXC135-190530- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120319T0530Z/ ECTOR TX- 1200 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY... AT 1152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH COWDEN TO PENWELL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF WEST ODESSA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST ODESSA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE...PLEASANT FARMS...ODESSA AND GARDENDALE. 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 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3202 10266 3207 10229 3166 10231 3167 10266 TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 263DEG 27KT 3202 10250 3173 10251 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Ward, Winkler | 61 min |
| Mar 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 64 min |
| Mar 19, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Scurry | 66 min |
| Mar 19, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 56 min |
| Mar 19, 3:21 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Loving, Ward, Winkler | 16 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Martin, Midland | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 4:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 53 min |
| Mar 19, 5:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.