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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 9, 2012Reeves County, Ward County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2012, 8:02 PM CDT for Reeves County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 9, 2012, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 9, 8:20 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 Nw Pecos, TX

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 9, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2012-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 617 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 2012-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

924 
WFUS54 KMAF 100102
TORMAF
TXC389-475-100130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0005.120410T0102Z-120410T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
802 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 16
  MILES NORTHWEST OF PECOS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENTONE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...  
  U.S. HIGHWAY 285 SOUTH OF THE STATE HIGHWAY 302...
  THE CITY OF PECOS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS.
VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND
PREVENT OTHERS FROM REACHING SAFETY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO... SEEK SAFETY IN A CULVERT...DITCH... OR A LOW LYING AREA
AWAY FROM YOUR VEHICLE. LIE FLAT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 10336 3133 10355 3156 10374 3162 10366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 312DEG 6KT 3159 10367

$$
1 follow-up statement
119 
WWUS54 KMAF 100123
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
823 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

TXC389-475-100130-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120410T0130Z/
WARD TX-REEVES TX-
823 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL WARD COUNTIES...

AT 815 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF PECOS 
ON U.S. HIGHWAY 285 REPORTED A WALL CLOUD WITH ROTATION. A TORNADO
MAY FORM AT ANY TIME.

AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF PECOS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3161 10364 3152 10336 3133 10355 3153 10371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 292DEG 15KT 3155 10359

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Loving, Reeves56 min
Apr 9, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward36 min
Apr 9, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Loving, Winkler55 min
Apr 9, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson63 min
Apr 9, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward62 min
Apr 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines54 min
Apr 9, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves, Ward32 min
Apr 9, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves62 min
Apr 9, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves63 min
Apr 10, 12:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos34 min
Apr 10, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson44 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.