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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 12, 2015Ector County, Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2015, 4:27 PM CDT for Ector County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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 12, 2015, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ector County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

180 
WUUS54 KMAF 122127
SVRMAF
TXC135-495-122215-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0013.150412T2127Z-150412T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
427 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN WINKLER COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 424 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  NOTREES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NOTREES...GOLDSMITH...NORTH COWDEN AND GARDENDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3208 10279 3206 10233 3197 10229 3181 10267
      3169 10275 3180 10293
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 205DEG 19KT 3182 10280

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

AHASIC

1 follow-up statement

892 
WWUS54 KMAF 122151
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
451 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

TXC495-122201-
/O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150412T2215Z/
WINKLER TX-
451 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WINKLER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3169 10275 3182 10279 3208 10279 3206 10233
      3197 10229 3181 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 205DEG 19KT 3193 10274

$$

TXC135-122215-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150412T2215Z/
ECTOR TX-
451 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ECTOR
COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 447 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NOTREES...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDSMITH...NORTH COWDEN AND GARDENDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3169 10275 3182 10279 3208 10279 3206 10233
      3197 10229 3181 10267
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 205DEG 19KT 3193 10274

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

AHASIC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	43 min
Apr 12, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	63 min
Apr 12, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving, Reeves, Winkler	53 min
Apr 12, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Ward, Winkler	50 min
Apr 12, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector, Upton, Ward	49 min
Apr 12, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Winkler	49 min
Apr 12, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Ector	47 min
Apr 12, 5:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Ector	3 hr
Apr 12, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Crane	52 min
Apr 12, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	65 min
Apr 12, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	59 min
Apr 12, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane, Pecos, Upton, Ward	42 min
Apr 12, 5:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector, Midland	3 hr
Apr 12, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	34 min
Apr 12, 6:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MAF	Midland	3 hr
Apr 12, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Gaines	29 min
Apr 12, 6:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Midland	3 hr
Apr 12, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin, Midland	50 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.