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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2012, 6:25 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 11, 2012, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pecos County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 11, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
123
WFUS54 KMAF 112325
TORMAF
TXC371-120000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0009.120411T2325Z-120412T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
625 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BELDING...OR 16 MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
BELDING...
FORT STOCKTON...
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 FROM INTERSECTION US 67 TO
INTERSECTION 385...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
NOW.
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 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3093 10277 3070 10288 3075 10311 3083 10322
3095 10321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 279DEG 15KT 3085 10314
$$2 follow-up statements
824
WWUS54 KMAF 112346
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
646 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012
TXC371-120000-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120412T0000Z/
PECOS TX-
646 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...
AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BELDING...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...BELDING AND FORT
STOCKTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
NOW.
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS.
VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND
PREVENT OTHERS FROM REACHING SAFETY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO... SEEK SAFETY IN A CULVERT... DITCH... OR A LOW LYING AREA
AWAY FROM YOUR VEHICLE. LIE FLAT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3078 10310 3085 10316 3095 10312 3093 10277
3070 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 267DEG 17KT 3087 10306
$$367
WWUS54 KMAF 120000
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
700 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012
TXC371-120008-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120412T0000Z/
PECOS TX-
700 PM CDT WED APR 11 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM
CDT...
AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WEAKENING
IN THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING. THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN
BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE FORT STOCKTON AREA THROUGH 730 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3078 10310 3085 10316 3095 10312 3093 10277
3070 10288
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 267DEG 17KT 3087 10300
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 52 min |
| Apr 11, 2:41 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | 13 hr | |
| Apr 11, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 53 min |
| Apr 11, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 62 min |
| Apr 11, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Reeves | 55 min |
| Apr 11, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 64 min |
| Apr 11, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 66 min |
| Apr 11, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 34 min |
| Apr 11, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 59 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.