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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2012, 1:59 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mitchell County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2:06 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Westbrook, TX | LASTED 5 MINUTES. |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
897 WUUS54 KMAF 150659 SVRMAF TXC335-150800- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0084.120415T0659Z-120415T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 159 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 157 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 WESTBROOK...OR 15 MILES WEST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... WESTBROOK... CUTHBERT... COLORADO CITY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS 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 3252 10067 3210 10069 3209 10117 3252 10117 TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 225DEG 37KT 3236 10108 $$
2 follow-up statements
873 WWUS54 KMAF 150737 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 237 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 TXC335-150800- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-120415T0800Z/ MITCHELL TX- 237 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LORAINE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF COLORADO CITY... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE HAIL AT WESTBROOK AT 206 AM CDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3232 10094 3252 10067 3210 10069 3209 10117 TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 252DEG 40KT 3238 10070 $$
973 WWUS54 KMAF 150803 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 303 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 TXC335-150813- /O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-120415T0800Z/ MITCHELL TX- 303 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 303 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3232 10094 3252 10067 3210 10069 3209 10117 TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 212DEG 47KT 3208 10091 $$
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, 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.