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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2012, 12:32 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 58 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 15, 2012, 12:32 AM CDT (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 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.
| 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.
401 WUUS54 KMAF 150532 SVRMAF TXC173-227-317-329-150630- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0080.120415T0532Z-120415T0630Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1232 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1227 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 NEAR VALLEY VIEW...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SPRABERRY... GREENWOOD... STANTON... LOMAX... FAIRVIEW... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3229 10195 3240 10146 3180 10177 3191 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 229DEG 47KT 3197 10190 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 150557 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1257 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 TXC173-227-317-329-150630- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120415T0630Z/ GLASSCOCK TX-HOWARD TX-MARTIN TX-MIDLAND TX- 1257 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MIDLAND...SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN...SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD AND NORTHWESTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTIES... AT 1252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOMAX...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF STANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... FAIRVIEW...LOMAX...FARM TO MARKET ROAD 818. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3191 10201 3230 10189 3240 10146 3180 10177 TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 229DEG 47KT 3214 10164 $$
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, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Howard, Martin, Scurry | 51 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.