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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
- May 27, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 636 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
652 WFUS54 KMAF 272342 TORMAF TXC371-280015- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0011.120527T2342Z-120528T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 642 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING OR AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3060 10237 3032 10255 3049 10284 3066 10276 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 289DEG 15KT 3054 10269 $$
1 follow-up statement
300 WWUS54 KMAF 272357 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 657 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 TXC371-280015- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120528T0015Z/ PECOS TX- 657 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY... AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY NEAR U.S.285...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...SOUTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT OTHERS FROM REACHING SAFETY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... SEEK SAFETY IN A CULVERT... DITCH... OR A LOW LYING AREA AWAY FROM YOUR VEHICLE. LIE FLAT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3060 10237 3032 10255 3049 10284 3066 10276 TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 289DEG 15KT 3051 10264 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 22 min |
| May 27, 3:41 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | 18 hr | |
| May 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 63 min |
| May 27, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| May 27, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| May 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 110 min |
| May 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| May 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 64 min |
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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.