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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 9:29 PM CDT for Reagan County, Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 10:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Reagan County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 WFUS54 KMAF 240231 TORMAF TXC383-461-240330- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0012.070324T0229Z-070324T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 929 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 924 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTH OF MIDKIFF...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF RANKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... RURAL LOCATIONS OF NORTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTY... RURAL LOCATIONS OF NORTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTY... MIDKIFF... STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RANKIN AT 921 PM CDT. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY... SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3136 10200 3130 10173 3165 10151 3164 10206 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 240248 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 947 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXC383-461-240330- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070324T0330Z/ UPTON TX-REAGAN TX- 947 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN REAGAN AND NORTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTIES... AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STRONGEST ROTATION WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF MIDKIFF...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF RANKIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED PERSISTENT ROTATION WITH THIS STORM...WITH A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RANKIN AT 921 PM CDT. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED IMPACT RURAL LOCATIONS OF FAR NORTHEASTERN UPTON AND NORTHWESTERN REAGAN COUNTIES...INCLUDING FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2401 AND 1357. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS TO GOLFBALLS MAY IMPACT MIDKIFF BY 950 PM CDT. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3136 10200 3130 10173 3165 10151 3164 10206 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 240307 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1006 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXC383-461-240316- /O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070324T0330Z/ UPTON TX-REAGAN TX- 1006 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN REAGAN AND NORTHEASTERN UPTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING. AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...AND HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3136 10200 3130 10173 3165 10151 3164 10206 $$
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, 9:40 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, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 60 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 |
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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.