Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 2007, 8:13 PM CDT for Andrews 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
- Mar 21, 2007, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Andrews County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMAF 220113 SVRMAF TXC003-220200- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0013.070322T0113Z-070322T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 813 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF ANDREWS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... ANDREWS... FLOREY... U.S. HIGHWAY 385... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3210 10266 3209 10243 3251 10227 3252 10268 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 220145 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 844 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 TXC003-220154- /O.CAN.KMAF.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070322T0200Z/ ANDREWS TX- 844 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. THE STORM IS NOW LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS...AND WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED... PONDING OF WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SOME ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3210 10266 3209 10243 3251 10227 3252 10268 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 27 min |
| Mar 21, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 56 min |
| Mar 21, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 58 min |
| Mar 22, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| Mar 22, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| Mar 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.