Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2007, 8:40 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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 23, 2007, 8:40 PM MDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Eddy County, NM
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 2:19 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 2078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMAF 240241 SVRMAF NMC015-240345- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0042.070324T0240Z-070324T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 840 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 945 PM MDT * AT 837 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OTIS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... LOCO HILLS... LAKEWOOD... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. 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 3230 10422 3238 10382 3296 10381 3296 10403 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 240320 RRA SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1016 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 NMC015-240345- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-070324T0345Z/ EDDY NM- 916 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR EASTERN EDDY COUNTY... AT 915 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOVING...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF CARLSBAD. IN ADDITION...A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF WHITES CITY. BOTH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...LOCO HILLS...WHITES CITY AND CARLSBAD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3204 10428 3203 10383 3283 10382 3279 10416 $$
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, 2:22 PM MDT, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 2:22 PM MDT, 6 hours 18 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, 1:27 PM MDT, 7 hours 13 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
Local storm report, Mar 23, 7:54 PM MDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
854 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0847 PM HAIL 1 W RANKIN 31.23N 101.96W
03/23/2007 E0.75 INCH UPTON TX AMATEUR RADIO
PENNY SIZED HAIL NEAR HIGHWAYS 67 AND 349 WEST OF RANKIN.
&&
74Special weather statement, Mar 23, 7:56 PM MDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 856 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXZ057-058-240300- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- 856 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PINE SPRINGS OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY AT 856 PM CDT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FARM TO MARKET ROAD 652 IN NORTHEAST CULBERSON COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:06 PM MDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
906 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 PM FLASH FLOOD CARLSBAD 32.40N 104.24W
03/23/2007 EDDY NM PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED A FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER IN CARLSBAD
&&
74Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:17 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
917 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0858 PM TORNADO 10 ESE LAKEWOOD 32.56N 104.20W
03/23/2007 EDDY NM EMERGENCY MNGR
ROPE TORNADO REPORTED 10-12 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
LAKEWOOD.
0900 PM TORNADO 15 E LAKEWOOD 32.62N 104.10W
03/23/2007 EDDY NM PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED A ROPE TORNADO ON THE GROUND EAST OF
LAKEWOOD.
&&
74Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:29 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
929 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0921 PM HAIL 14 N RANKIN 31.43N 101.94W
03/23/2007 E1.75 INCH UPTON TX TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL NORTH OF RANKIN
&&
74Local storm report, Mar 23, 8:33 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
933 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0921 PM FLASH FLOOD CARLSBAD 32.40N 104.24W
03/23/2007 EDDY NM EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING FROM SPOTTERS IN
CARLSBAD AND VICINITY. WATER IS UP TO ONE FOOT DEEP ON
SOME CITY STREETS WITH ILLINOIS CAMP ROAD FLOODED AND
IMPASSABLE. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL.
&&
74The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 65 min |
| Mar 23, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 66 min |
| Mar 23, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 62 min |
| Mar 23, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 8:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Eddy | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 8:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 67 min |
| Mar 23, 9:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Lea | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 62 min |
| Mar 23, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 10:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 65 min |
| Mar 23, 10:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 6 hr |
| Mar 23, 11:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 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.