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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 8:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 56 min |
| Apr 9, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 36 min |
| Apr 9, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Loving, Winkler | 55 min |
| Apr 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 63 min |
| Apr 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves, Ward | 62 min |
| Apr 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 54 min |
| Apr 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 62 min |
| Apr 9, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Reeves | 63 min |
| Apr 10, 12:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 44 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.