Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2012, 7:36 PM CDT for Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 28, 2012, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 28, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
934 WUUS54 KMAF 290036 SVRMAF TXC415-290100- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0085.120429T0036Z-120429T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 736 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SCURRY COUNTY...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... OPEN COUNTRY OF NORTHERN SCURRY COUNTY...FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1142...STATE HIGHWAY 208. 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 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3289 10095 3297 10111 3297 10109 3297 10081 TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 230DEG 15KT 3296 10096 $$
1 follow-up statement
970 WWUS54 KMAF 290051 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 751 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012 TXC415-290100- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120429T0100Z/ SCURRY TX- 751 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL SCURRY COUNTY... AT 749 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SCURRY COUNTY OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF SNYDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...OPEN COUNTRY OF EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL SCURRY COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3289 10095 3297 10111 3297 10109 3297 10081 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 230DEG 15KT 3300 10090 $$
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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.