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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2012, 8:28 PM CDT for Reeves County, Ward County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 9, 2012, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 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), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
451 WFUS54 KMAF 100128 TORMAF TXC389-475-100200- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0006.120410T0128Z-120410T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 828 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 900 PM CDT * AT 826 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 7 MILES NORTH OF PECOS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... PECOS... BARSTOW... 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3149 10327 3129 10349 3151 10362 3157 10353 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 313DEG 19KT 3150 10353 $$
1 follow-up statement
234 WWUS54 KMAF 100204 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 904 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 TXC389-475-100211- /O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120410T0200Z/ WARD TX-REEVES TX- 904 PM CDT MON APR 9 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL REEVES AND WEST CENTRAL WARD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 901 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OR PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL REEVES AND WESTERN WARD COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 3149 10327 3129 10349 3151 10362 3157 10353 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 313DEG 19KT 3150 10353 $$
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, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 28 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.