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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

October 12, 2012Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 12, 2012, 8:24 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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
Oct 12, 2012, 8:24 PM MDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Oct 12, 5:22 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 2012-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1378 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
1378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

797 
WFUS54 KMAF 130224
TORMAF
NMC025-130300-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0018.121013T0224Z-121013T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 823 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MCDONALD...
  OR 10 MILES NORTH OF LOVINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  MCDONALD...
  GLADIOLA...

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3304 10306 3299 10325 3301 10344 3315 10351
      3332 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 253DEG 26KT 3308 10337

$$
KAT
2 follow-up statements
064 
WWUS54 KMAF 130238
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
838 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012

NMC025-130300-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121013T0300Z/
LEA NM-
838 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...

AT 832 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF MCDONALD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF 
LOVINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...GLADIOLA.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3304 10306 3299 10325 3303 10338 3318 10341
      3321 10335 3332 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 253DEG 26KT 3310 10328

$$
KAT
143 
WWUS54 KMAF 130253
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
853 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012

NMC025-130302-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-121013T0300Z/
LEA NM-
853 PM MDT FRI OCT 12 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LEA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900
PM MDT...

AT 852 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE ROTATION WITHIN THE STORM HAS WEAKENED THEREFOR THE TORNADO 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3304 10306 3299 10325 3303 10338 3318 10341
      3321 10335 3332 10306
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 253DEG 26KT 3317 10323

$$
KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 12, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFEddy24 min
Oct 12, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea29 min
Oct 12, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea66 min
Oct 12, 7:48 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea27 min
Oct 12, 8:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea27 min
Oct 12, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea25 min
Oct 12, 9:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea37 min
Oct 13, 12:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFLea17 min
Oct 13, 3:15 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningMAFEddy15 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.