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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 23, 2007Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2007, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 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), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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.

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
Mar 23, 9:54 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 240347
SVRMAF
TXC389-240445-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0048.070324T0345Z-070324T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1045 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  REEVES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ORLA...TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF ORLA
  TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOYAVALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  SARAGOSA...
  ORLA...
  TOYAH...
  VERHALEN...
  PECOS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING.

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 3181 10403 3112 10409 3077 10355 3103 10344
      3139 10345 3161 10362 3179 10388 3198 10401

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 240415
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1114 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

TXC389-240445-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-070324T0445Z/
REEVES TX-
1114 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL REEVES COUNTY...

AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORLA TO
12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOYAVALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
INCLUDE...VERHALEN...SARAGOSA...AND PECOS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...MOVE TO 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 3198 10395 3101 10391 3077 10355 3103 10344
      3139 10345 3161 10362 3178 10389

$$

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, 10:12 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 10:12 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1012 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

UPDATED ZONES FOR NEW TORNADO WATCH #73. SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES
TO MOVE ACROSS JEFF DAVIS... CULBERSON... AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW
MEXICO WITH LONG LIVED SUPERCELL OVER GLASSCOCK COUNTY.  NEW WATCH
IN EFFECT TILL 10Z AND SEE NO LET UP WITH CURRENT STORMS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 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.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              58  72  59  68  /  80  60  20  70
CARLSBAD NM                52  73  52  72  /  60  40  20  60
DRYDEN TX                  60  75  60  68  /  50  30  50  70
FORT STOCKTON TX           57  75  57  69  /  60  30  50  70
GUADALUPE PASS TX          47  67  46  70  /  50  20  20  50
HOBBS NM                   57  72  53  68  /  80  60  20  70
MARFA TX                   47  72  46  68  /  50  10  40  60
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    57  73  55  67  /  70  50  40  80
ODESSA TX                  57  73  57  68  /  70  50  40  80
WINK TX                    58  78  60  71  /  70  50  40  70

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING 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 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
     CDT /12 PM MDT/ SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...
     ANDREWS...DAWSON...GAINES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...MARTIN.

&&

99/99

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 2:27 PM CDT, 8 hours 18 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, 9:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 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.

&&

74

Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 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

&&

74

Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 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.

&&

74

Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:47 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
947 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0945 PM     HAIL             2 E CARLSBAD            32.40N 104.20W
03/23/2007  E0.75 INCH       EDDY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTERS REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL EAST OF CARLSBAD

&&

74

Local storm report, Mar 23, 10:25 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1025 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1025 PM     TSTM WND GST     TATUM                   33.26N 103.32W
03/23/2007  M70 MPH          LEA                NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

74

Local storm report, Mar 23, 10:34 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1034 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1027 PM     TSTM WND GST     TATUM                   33.26N 103.32W
03/23/2007  M82.00 MPH       LEA                NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

1032 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CARLSBAD                32.40N 104.24W
03/23/2007                   EDDY               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THREE TO FOUR FEET OF WATER IN SOME OF THE MAJOR
            INTERSECTIONS IN CARLSBAD.

&&

74

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Reeves	52 min
Mar 23, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	59 min
Mar 23, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving	42 min
Mar 23, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving	51 min
Mar 23, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Loving	27 min
Mar 23, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Pecos	48 min
Mar 23, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Upton	65 min
Mar 23, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	16 min
Mar 23, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Reagan, Upton	38 min
Mar 23, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	65 min
Mar 23, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock	22 min
Mar 23, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Jeff Davis	61 min
Mar 23, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews	26 min
Mar 23, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Loving	51 min
Mar 23, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	57 min
Mar 23, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Reeves	30 min
Mar 23, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ward, Winkler	53 min
Mar 24, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos	63 min
Mar 24, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane	64 min
Mar 24, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ward, Winkler	15 min
Mar 24, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Ector	62 min
Mar 24, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Crane	36 min
Mar 24, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Midland	65 min

Nearby

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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.