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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 23, 2007Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2007, 9:59 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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, 9:59 PM MDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2007, 10:30 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 2:19 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 23, 8:54 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2078 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 240359
SVRMAF
NMC025-240430-
/O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0049.070324T0359Z-070324T0430Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT

* AT 954 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 19
  MILES NORTH OF GLADIOLA...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF TATUM...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING 
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
ADVANCED WARNING.

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 3355 10335 3306 10327 3297 10308 3355 10305
      3356 10327

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 240418
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1116 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

NMC025-240430-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070324T0430Z/
LEA NM-
1016 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

AT 1011 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE 
WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY... BUT ANOTHER STORM IS LOCATED 
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOVINGTON AND IS INCREASING...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 30 MPH.

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 3355 10335 3306 10327 3297 10308 3355 10305
      3356 10327

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy65 min
Mar 23, 7:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea66 min
Mar 23, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Mar 23, 8:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea55 min
Mar 23, 8:09 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFEddy36 min
Mar 23, 8:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy65 min
Mar 23, 8:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea67 min
Mar 23, 9:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFLea6 hr
Mar 23, 9:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy62 min
Mar 23, 10:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea65 min
Mar 23, 10:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy6 hr
Mar 23, 11:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea48 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.