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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 23, 2007Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 8:09 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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, 8:09 PM MDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2007, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
36 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), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 
WFUS54 KMAF 240209
TORMAF
NMC015-240245-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0011.070324T0209Z-070324T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
809 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 807 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOCO HILLS...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  CARLSBAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  LOCO HILLS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3264 10418 3257 10399 3287 10380 3295 10407

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 240226
SVSMAF

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

NMC015-240245-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070324T0245Z/
EDDY NM-
823 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EDDY COUNTY...

AT 820 PM MDT...A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF LOCO HILLS...OR ABOUT 31 MILES EAST OF ARTESIA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  STORM SPOTTERS EARLIER REPORTED
A BRIEF TORNADO WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

AT 820 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES
SOUTH OF WHITES CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3273 10412 3259 10382 3296 10379 3296 10402

$$

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, 8:40 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, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea31 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

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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.