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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2012, 4:16 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
- Apr 7, 2012, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mitchell County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 13 S Westbrook, TX | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. |
| Apr 7, 4:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 16 S Westbrook, TX | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 5 MPH. |
| Apr 7, 4:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 17 N Sterling City, TX | TORNADO ON THE STERLING-MITCHELL COUNTY LINE. RELAYED THROUGH WFO MIDLAND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 993 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1189 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
259 WFUS54 KMAF 072116 TORMAF TXC335-072145- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0003.120407T2116Z-120407T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 416 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLORADO CITY... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... SOUTHERN 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. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR... IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED WITHIN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND OR MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM... MOVE TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STURDY BUILDING OR INTO AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING... DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3208 10118 3224 10117 3224 10090 3208 10090 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 061DEG 3KT 3217 10098 $$
1 follow-up statement
720 WWUS54 KMAF 072126 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 426 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 TXC335-072145- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120407T2145Z/ MITCHELL TX- 426 PM CDT SAT APR 7 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 423 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF STERLING CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...SOUTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 163 JUST SOUTH OF FM 2183... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3208 10118 3224 10117 3224 10090 3208 10090 TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 061DEG 3KT 3211 10103 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 23 min |
| Apr 6, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 60 min |
| Apr 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 5:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
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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.