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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2012, 7:43 PM CDT for Borden County, Scurry County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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 30, 2012, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Borden County, TX, Scurry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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 30, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
030 WUUS54 KMAF 010043 SVRMAF TXC033-415-010145- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0098.120501T0043Z-120501T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 743 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SCURRY COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLUVANNA...OR 18 MILES EAST OF GAIL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NORTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY... NORTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE AND DAMAGING HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3295 10140 3295 10067 3267 10067 3268 10140 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 134DEG 4KT 3287 10117 $$
2 follow-up statements
512 WWUS54 KMAF 010054 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 754 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 TXC033-415-010145- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120501T0145Z/ SCURRY TX-BORDEN TX- 754 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BORDEN AND NORTHERN SCURRY COUNTIES... AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. AT 740 PM CDT...A WEST TEXAS MESONET STATION MEASURED 77 MPH WINDS 3 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FLUVANNA. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLUVANNA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF GAIL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SCURRY COUNTY AND NORTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3295 10140 3295 10067 3267 10067 3268 10140 TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 134DEG 4KT 3288 10118 $$
068 WWUS54 KMAF 010118 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 818 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 TXC033-415-010145- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-120501T0145Z/ SCURRY TX-BORDEN TX- 818 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BORDEN AND NORTHERN SCURRY COUNTIES... AT 814 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 NEAR FLUVANNA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF GAIL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... FLUVANNA...DERMOTT...HIGHWAY 208...HIGHWAY 84...HUDD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3295 10140 3295 10067 3267 10067 3268 10140 TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 134DEG 4KT 3289 10117 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Martin | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.