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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 57 min |
| May 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry | 64 min |
| May 28, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 62 min |
| May 28, 8:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell | 2 hr |
| May 28, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 61 min |
| May 28, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 40 min |
| May 28, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 54 min |
| May 29, 2:55 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 8 more | 32 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.