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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2007, 6:25 AM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 65 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
- Mar 30, 2007, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2007, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Martin County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 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 30, 7:00 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 W Tarzan, TX |
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 30, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMAF 301125 SVRMAF TXC317-301230- /O.NEW.KMAF.SV.W.0095.070330T1125Z-070330T1230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 625 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 730 AM CDT * AT 623 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TARZAN...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF MIDLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 3... TARZAN... GRADY... LENORAH... BUFORD... THREE LEAGUES... FLOWER GROVE... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3216 10219 3219 10171 3251 10171 3250 10219 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 301149 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 648 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 TXC317-301230- /O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-070330T1230Z/ MARTIN TX- 648 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR MARTIN COUNTY... AT 645 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BUFORD...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF TARZAN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... BUFORD...THREE LEAGUES...FLOWER GROVE AND BROWN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3216 10219 3219 10171 3251 10171 3250 10219 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 301228 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 729 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 TXC317-301239- /O.EXP.KMAF.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-070330T1230Z/ MARTIN TX- 729 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARTIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. AT 729 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3216 10219 3219 10171 3251 10171 3250 10219 $$
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 30, 3:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 338 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 .SHORT TERM... CUTOFF LOW CONTINUES TO SWIRL OVER THE FOUR CORNERS EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHWARD AROUND THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF SAME ACCORDING TO WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WAS DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND TEXAS PANHANDLE. COPIOUS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WAS STREAMING NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY...LIKELY DUE TO THE STRONG HEIGHT FALLS BEGINNING TO INFRINGE UPON THE WESTERN CWA. THERE WAS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS NOTED ON RADAR MOVING NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION...THAT WERE FORTUNATELY ON THE WEAK SIDE. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE CWA AS THE ABOVE FEATURES COINCIDE OVER THE CWA. ENHANCEMENTS ARE ALREADY APPEARING ON IR SATELLITE IMAGERY AND PORTEND THINGS TO COME. DESPITE THE STRONG HEIGHT FALLS...THINK THE FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA AND NOT LIFT VERY FAR NORTHWARD AS PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY PREVENT THIS. DO THINK WE COULD SEE A SURFACE LOW TREK EASTWARD ACROSS THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...OR A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE BIG BEND REGION. EITHER WAY...THINK WE/LL SEE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR SEVERE STORMS IN WAA/DIFFLUENT UPPER FLOW PATTERN... COUPLED WITH STRONG MID LEVEL SUPPORT AND FAVORABLE UPPER JET DYNAMICS. LAPSE RATES STEEPENING TO AROUND 7.5 TO 8 C/KM AND 0 TO 6 KM BULK SHEAR VECTORS WILL LIKELY AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TSRA WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. LOCATIONS FROM THE STOCKTON PLATEAU...SOUTH TO THE BIG BEND REGION...THEN EASTWARD THROUGH THE LOWER TRANS PECOS WILL BE IN THE WARM SECTOR AND WILL SEE SBCAPE OVER 2000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE FRONT. ISOLATED TORNADOES IN THE WARM SECTOR OR IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS WHERE BETTER MOISTURE WILL RESIDE. WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IN THE ZONES...AND INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IN THE HWO. THINK MOST OF THE CONVECTION WILL EXIT THE AREA THIS EVENING AS FRONT SETTLES SOUTH AND BEST DYNAMICS/MOISTURE ARE SHUNTED EAST. WENT WITH FAIRLY CHILLY LOWS TONIGHT AS SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE CWA. .LONG TERM... BY EARLY SATURDAY MID LEVEL LOW WILL BE LIFTING NE THRU SRN PLAINS WITH MUCH DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR INFILTRATING SE NM/W TX. LIGHTISH DOWNSLOPE WIND AND 85H TEMPS NEAR 15C SHOULD MAKE FOR A PLEASANT DAY WITH THE CLEARING SKIES. MID LEVEL FLOW QUICKLY BACKS TO W SUNDAY BUT GRADIENT REMAINS LACKING AND WITH THCK WARMING TEMPS WILL BE BACK INTO THE U70S AND 80S FOR THE MOST PART. ZONAL MID LEVEL FLOW FROM INTER MTN W INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BUCKLE MONDAY AS STRONG SHRTWV TROF MOVES THRU THE INTER MTN W. THIS WILL RESULT IN DEEPENING SFC LOW INVOF WRN KS AND ORGANIZING SLY FLOW S INTO W TX. BY 12Z TUESDAY MSTR WILL HAVE A HAD AMPLE TIME TO SURGE NW THRU PB IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT. ATTP W TX/SE NM WILL BE TOO FAR S FOR SHRTWV ENERGY AND FRONT WILL SURGE S AS AFOREMENTIONED SHRTWV TROF IS FCST BY GFS TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. FCST WILL REFLECT COOLING TREND MONDAY TO TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY WILL BE TRANSITION DAYS WITH CWFA WITHIN WARM SECTOR...BUT PROBABLY ON THE W SIDE OF MST AXIS/DRYLINE. MEANWHILE MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL DEVELOP ACRS THE WRN 1/3 OF CONUS AS BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW EVOLVES ACRS ERN CONUS. THIS WILL FAVOR ADDITIONAL FRONTS PUSHING S THRU SE NM/W TX WITH GFS CONTINUING TO ADVERTISE FROPA EARLY FRIDAY. IF CLOUDS HOLD IN WAKE OF FRONT TEMPS COULD BE WELL BELOW NORMAL. && .FIRE WEATHER... MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH/S COULD DIP TO THE 5 TO 10 PERCENT RANGE FROM THE VAN HORN AREA...SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE MARFA PLATEAU...PRESIDIO VALLEY...AND BIG BEND REGION. 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS COULD EXCEED 20 MPH FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THE DURATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE LONG ENOUGH FOR A RED FLAG WARNING. BESIDES...THE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF A COLD FRONT MAY BE FAST ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR INCREASING RH/S DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN OVER MOST OF THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH TODAY...BEFORE CHILLY TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ALLOW FOR GOOD OR BETTER RECOVERY AREAWIDE. IT WILL REMAIN FAIRLY DRY OVER MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS SATURDAY...HOWEVER 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 20 MPH. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS COULD SEE 20 FOOT WIND SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS...HOWEVER THE DURATION OF THESE WINDS...AND THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT OF LIVE FUELS WILL PRECLUDE THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH. POOR RECOVERY CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SAME AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT AS FRIDAY NIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 61 43 73 47 / 90 30 0 0 CARLSBAD NM 59 38 76 46 / 30 10 0 0 DRYDEN TX 75 51 78 51 / 50 40 0 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 70 47 78 51 / 50 20 0 0 GUADALUPE PASS TX 57 38 69 47 / 20 10 0 0 HOBBS NM 52 39 75 46 / 60 10 0 0 MARFA TX 68 33 70 38 / 10 10 0 0 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 63 42 72 46 / 70 20 0 0 ODESSA TX 59 43 74 48 / 70 20 0 0 WINK TX 62 43 79 48 / 50 10 0 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 3:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 356 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-310900- 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- 356 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 /256 AM MDT FRI MAR 30 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER IN WEST TEXAS TODAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TOO..BUT MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND EASTERNMOST PERMIAN BASIN. DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FROM THE VAN HORN AREA...SOUTH ACROSS THE MARFA PLATEAU...AND INTO THE BIG BEND REGION THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD IN THESE AREAS DUE TO GUSTY WEST WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS DRY AIR REMAINS IN PLACE AND FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS REMAIN HIGH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY AND MAY BE NEEDED AS EARLY AS THIS MORNING. 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 30, 5:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 501 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 TXZ051-052-301100- HOWARD-MARTIN- 501 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR HOWARD AND MARTIN COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF COURTNEY AT 501 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...IN ADDITION TO DEADLY LIGHTNING.
Local storm report, Mar 30, 6:08 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
608 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 AM HAIL MIDLAND 32.00N 102.08W
03/30/2007 E0.75 INCH MIDLAND TX NWS EMPLOYEE
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AKLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 6:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 67 min |
| Mar 30, 7:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 62 min |
| Mar 30, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 59 min |
| Mar 30, 11:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 16 min |
| Mar 30, 11:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.