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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 28, 2012Mitchell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2012, 7:56 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 28, 2012, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Mitchell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 602 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

077 
WFUS54 KMAF 290056
TORMAF
TXC335-290130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0013.120529T0056Z-120529T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
756 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
  CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO CITY...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3208 10067 3216 10083 3233 10076 3231 10066
      3210 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 296DEG 24KT 3221 10067

$$
2 follow-up statements
306 
WWUS54 KMAF 290108
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
808 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

TXC335-290130-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120529T0130Z/
MITCHELL TX-
808 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY...

AT 803 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MITCHELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...SOUTHEASTERN
MITCHELL 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3208 10067 3216 10083 3233 10076 3231 10066
      3210 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 296DEG 24KT 3218 10063

$$
317 
WWUS54 KMAF 290121
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
821 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

TXC335-290131-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120529T0130Z/
MITCHELL TX-
821 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 830 PM CDT...

AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3208 10067 3216 10083 3233 10076 3231 10066
      3210 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 296DEG 24KT 3214 10054

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster57 min
May 28, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry64 min
May 28, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell62 min
May 28, 8:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFMitchell2 hr
May 28, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell61 min
May 28, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry40 min
May 28, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell54 min
May 29, 2:55 PM CDTRed Flag WarningMAFAndrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 8 more32 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.