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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 3, 2007Loving County, Winkler County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2007, 3:36 PM CDT for Loving County, Winkler County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2007, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Loving County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 4:36 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 E Kermit, TX	BRIEF TORNADO WITH MULTIPLE FUNNELS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 1012 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 032037
SVRMAF
TXC301-495-032130-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0331.070603T2036Z-070603T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
336 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20
  MILES NORTHWEST OF WINK...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENTONE...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  KERMIT...
  WINK...

DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... THE BEST PROTECTION CAN BE FOUND IN
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY
EVENING/300 AM NULL MONDAY MORNING/ FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3200 10289 3167 10300 3182 10354 3200 10352
      3200 10334 3199 10333 3199 10324 3200 10322

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 032106
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
403 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXC301-495-032130-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-070603T2130Z/
WINKLER TX-LOVING TX-
403 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LOVING AND WINKLER COUNTIES...

AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KERMIT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WINKLER COUNTY 
INCLUDE...KERMIT AND THE WINKLER COUNTY SANDHILLS.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
MENTONE IN LOVING COUNTY OVER OPEN COUNTRY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3200 10289 3167 10300 3182 10354 3200 10352
      3200 10334 3199 10333 3199 10324 3200 10322

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	59 min
Jun 2, 11:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden	39 min
Jun 2, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Scurry	58 min
Jun 2, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Borden	45 min
Jun 3, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Gaines	48 min
Jun 3, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	58 min
Jun 3, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Borden	61 min
Jun 3, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	58 min
Jun 3, 12:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Gaines	46 min
Jun 3, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Mitchell	59 min
Jun 3, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	47 min
Jun 3, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Gaines	45 min
Jun 3, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin	66 min
Jun 3, 1:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Gaines	18 min
Jun 3, 2:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Andrews	29 min
Jun 3, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Howard	53 min
Jun 3, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Martin	29 min
Jun 3, 3:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	60 min
Jun 3, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Midland	36 min
Jun 3, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Gaines	63 min
Jun 3, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	65 min
Jun 3, 2:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Andrews	62 min
Jun 3, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	65 min
Jun 3, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	67 min
Jun 3, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster, Pecos	67 min
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Midland	66 min
Jun 3, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	61 min
Jun 3, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	66 min
Jun 3, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Brewster	50 min
Jun 3, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Winkler	50 min
Jun 3, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	61 min
Jun 3, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	60 min
Jun 3, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	61 min
Jun 3, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Ector	57 min
Jun 3, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	54 min
Jun 3, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Brewster	38 min
Jun 3, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reagan	65 min
Jun 3, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Brewster	52 min
Jun 3, 5:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Ector	3 hr
Jun 3, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane	38 min
Jun 3, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Culberson	50 min
Jun 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	31 min
Jun 3, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Upton	58 min
Jun 3, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves	58 min
Jun 3, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Brewster	52 min
Jun 3, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	56 min
Jun 3, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	64 min
Jun 3, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ward	49 min
Jun 3, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving	29 min
Jun 3, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.