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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT for Glasscock County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
- Mar 19, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Glasscock County, TX, Midland County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.
992
WFUS54 KMAF 190846
TORMAF
TXC173-329-190915-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0001.120319T0846Z-120319T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
346 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
EASTERN MIDLAND COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT
* AT 344 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPRABERRY...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF MIDLAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
SPRABERRY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3206 10182 3206 10162 3183 10162 3167 10200
3178 10209
TIME...MOT...LOC 0846Z 228DEG 23KT 3175 10197
$$1 follow-up statement
930
WWUS54 KMAF 190902
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
402 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
TXC173-329-190915-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120319T0915Z/
GLASSCOCK TX-MIDLAND TX-
402 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
MIDLAND AND WEST CENTRAL GLASSCOCK COUNTIES...
AT 358 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPRABERRY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...SPRABERRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3172 10193 3186 10201 3206 10182 3206 10162
3183 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 0903Z 219DEG 34KT 3189 10185
$$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, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Winkler | 63 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, 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 |
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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.