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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2017, 2:30 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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, 2017, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2017, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 12, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
734
WUUS54 KMAF 121930
SVRMAF
TXC389-122015-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0049.170412T1930Z-170412T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
230 PM CDT WED APR 12 2017
The National Weather Service in Midland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Reeves County in southwestern Texas...
* Until 315 PM CDT
* At 229 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northwest
of Balmorhea, or 13 miles south of Toyah, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Balmorhea, Verhalen, Balmorhea Lake, Saragosa, Balmorhea State Park
and Toyahvale.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 between mile markers 191 and 223.
Interstate 20 between mile markers 5 and 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3137 10366 3092 10345 3095 10387 3104 10400
3119 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 248DEG 15KT 3114 10387
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
291 follow-up statement
334
WWUS54 KMAF 121951
SVSMAF
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
251 PM CDT WED APR 12 2017
TXC389-122015-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170412T2015Z/
Reeves TX-
251 PM CDT WED APR 12 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY...
At 251 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
Toyah, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Balmorhea, Verhalen, Balmorhea Lake, Saragosa, Balmorhea State Park
and Toyahvale.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 10 between mile markers 195 and 223.
Interstate 20 between mile markers 7 and 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3137 10366 3092 10345 3095 10384 3109 10399
3121 10397
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 236DEG 13KT 3119 10379
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 59 min | |
| Apr 12, 12:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Yoakum | 26 min |
| Apr 12, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 24 min |
| Apr 12, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 48 min |
| Apr 12, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | 33 min | |
| Apr 12, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 28 min |
| Apr 12, 3:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MAF | Winkler | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Culberson | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 63 min |
| Apr 12, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Jeff Davis | 39 min |
| Apr 12, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Reeves | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Ward | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Loving, Reeves | 48 min |
| Apr 12, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 60 min |
| Apr 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Presidio | 48 min |
| Apr 12, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MAF | Loving | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 52 min |
| Apr 12, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 47 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.