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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2007, 6:34 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 23, 2007, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Reeves County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:34 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Toyah, TX | |
| Mar 23, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Toyah, TX | STORM SPOTTER AND PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN TOYAH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMAF 232340 CCA SVRMAF TXC389-240030- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0034.070323T2334Z-070324T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 634 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOYAH ALONG INTERSTATE 20...OR 33 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PECOS...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... TOYAH... INTERSTATE 20 SOUTHWEST OF TOYAH... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... THE BEST PROTECTION CAN BE FOUND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3114 10404 3103 10382 3133 10355 3154 10396 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 23, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
322 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
.UPDATE...
TORNADO WATCH #70 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO PLAINS...THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...THE MARFA
PLATEAU...THE PRESIDIO VALLEY...THE BIG BEND REGION...THE TRANS
PECOS...AND THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN UNTIL 11 PM CDT
(10 PM MDT). WE WILL ISSUE A ZFP UPDATE TO INCLUDE THE WATCH
HEADLINE.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM MDT SATURDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...CENTRAL LEA COUNTY...EDDY COUNTY
PLAINS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...NORTHERN LEA
COUNTY...SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 3 PM CDT /2 PM MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1
PM CDT /12 PM MDT/ SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
ANDREWS...DAWSON...GAINES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...MARTIN.
&&
21/99Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 2:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 227 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-241930- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 227 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 /127 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL OF 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND LARGER...GUSTY WINDS OVER 65 MPH...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH LOCATIONS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF A FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...BAKERSFIELD...STANTON...AND GAIL LINE WILL HAVE THE GREATEST RISK OF SEEING THESE SEVERE STORMS...ALL OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS COULD SEE AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT AS COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE ARE AVAILABLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE TRUE ALONG AND NORTH OF A GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS... JAL...AND STANTON LINE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 300 PM CDT SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTER A LULL IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THE RIO GRANDE...BIG BEND REGION...AND LOWER TRANS PECOS. AS THE ACTIVITY SPREADS NORTH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE SUNDAY...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING COULD BE MORE SIGNIFICANT AS MANY AREAS WILL NOT HAVE DRIED OUT FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT FROM THE VAN HORN AREA...DAVIS AND GLASS MOUNTAINS...AND NORTHWARD ACROSS THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...UPPER TRANS PECOS...PERMIAN BASIN... AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 5:46 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 546 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 NMZ028-232345- EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- 446 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR EASTERN EDDY COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF LOVING AT 446 PM MDT...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THIS WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 128 AND HIGHWAY 31. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...GUSTS TO 55 MPH AND HEAVAY RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING.
Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:09 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
609 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0608 PM TORNADO 10 N MCDONALD 33.29N 103.32W
03/23/2007 LEA NM TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF TATUM AND NORTH OF MCDONALD.
&&
74Special weather statement, Mar 23, 6:09 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 609 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXZ074-240015- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- 609 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. ONE STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 118...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF MCDONALD OBSERVATORY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MCDONALD OBSERVATORY. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:21 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
621 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0621 PM HAIL 5 S CARLSBAD 32.33N 104.24W
03/23/2007 E0.75 INCH EDDY NM TRAINED SPOTTER
INTERSECTION OF CHAPMAN ROAD AND OLD CAVERN HIGHWAY.
&&
74Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:28 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
628 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0621 PM TORNADO 7 NW TATUM 33.33N 103.40W
03/23/2007 LEA NM TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
74Local storm report, Mar 23, 6:30 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
630 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0629 PM HAIL CARLSBAD 32.40N 104.24W
03/23/2007 E1.00 INCH EDDY NM TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
74The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 63 min |
| Mar 22, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 60 min |
| Mar 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 11:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 19 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 54 min |
| Mar 23, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 64 min |
| Mar 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 29 min |
| Mar 23, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 56 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.