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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2012, 12:11 AM CDT for Brewster County, Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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 10, 2012, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2012, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
747
WFUS54 KMAF 100511
TORMAF
TXC043-371-100545-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0007.120410T0511Z-120410T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1211 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 1206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WEST
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT STOCKTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WESTERN PECOS 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3054 10286 3036 10299 3042 10326 3080 10337
3087 10321
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 324DEG 21KT 3069 10324
$$2 follow-up statements
592
WWUS54 KMAF 100535
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1235 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
TXC043-100545-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120410T0545Z/
BREWSTER TX-
1235 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
AT 1235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3058 10291 3044 10298 3047 10314 3069 10322
3075 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 316DEG 23KT 3060 10304
$$
TXC371-100545-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120410T0545Z/
PECOS TX-
1235 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...
AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
STOCKTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CENTRAL PECOS
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3058 10291 3044 10298 3047 10314 3069 10322
3075 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0535Z 316DEG 23KT 3060 10304
$$909
WWUS54 KMAF 100541
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1241 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
TXC371-100550-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120410T0545Z/
PECOS TX-
1241 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1245 AM CDT...
AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING WAS NO LONGER
SHOWING STRONG ROTATION. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THOUGH LARGE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS
STORM. SEEK SHELTER IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3058 10291 3044 10298 3047 10314 3069 10322
3075 10313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 316DEG 23KT 3058 10301
$$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, 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, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 44 min |
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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.