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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 12, 2012Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 12, 2012, 2:32 AM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2012, 2:32 AM MDT (08:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2012, 3:00 AM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 12, 2:45 AM MDTHAIL 13 Nne Artesia, NM
Oct 12, 3:00 AM MDTHAIL 0.25N Artesia, NMBASEBALL SIZE HAIL. HIGHWAY 285 AND STATE ROAD 2.DAMAGE ORIGINATED THERE AND CONTINUED NORTH TOWARDS THE COUNTY LINE. ROOF AND CAR DAMAGE.
Oct 12, 3:00 AM MDTHAIL 2.75N Artesia, NMBASEBALL SIZE HAIL. HIGHWAY 285 AND STATE ROAD 2.DAMAGE ORIGINATED THERE AND CONTINUED NORTH TOWARDS THE COUNTY LINE. ROOF AND CAR DAMAGE.
Oct 12, 3:02 AM MDTHAIL 1.752 Ne Artesia, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2012-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2012-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

001 
WFUS54 KMAF 120832
TORMAF
NMC015-120900-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0016.121012T0832Z-121012T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
232 AM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 300 AM MDT

* AT 230 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF
  ARTESIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  ARTESIA...
  COTTONWOOD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3297 10465 3297 10430 3273 10426 3276 10464
      3292 10475
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 241DEG 25KT 3289 10459

$$
1 follow-up statement
914 
WWUS54 KMAF 120846
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
246 AM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012

NMC015-120900-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-121012T0900Z/
EDDY NM-
246 AM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL EDDY COUNTY...

AT 243 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM 
WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTESIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.  BASEBALL SIZE 
HAIL OR LARGER IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.  RESIDENTS NEAR
ARTESIA SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ARTESIA AND
COTTONWOOD.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3297 10465 3297 10430 3273 10426 3276 10464
      3292 10475
TIME...MOT...LOC 0844Z 250DEG 28KT 3288 10451

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 1:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy44 min
Oct 12, 1:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy63 min
Oct 12, 2:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
Oct 12, 4:07 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Oct 12, 4:22 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea53 min
Oct 12, 4:59 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea2 hr
Oct 12, 5:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea38 min
Oct 12, 5:33 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFLea117 min
Oct 12, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy30 min
Oct 12, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy61 min
Oct 12, 4:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMAFEddy3 hr
Oct 12, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.