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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2007, 1:25 AM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 29, 2007, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2007, 2:18 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 1:45 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 N Rankin, TX |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 28, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 2254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMAF 290626
TORMAF
TXC461-290730-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0016.070329T0625Z-070329T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
125 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT
* AT 124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RANKIN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
RANKIN...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3113 10222 3112 10180 3130 10179 3158 10179
3152 10198 3135 10211
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMAF 290654
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
152 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007
TXC461-290730-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070329T0730Z/
UPTON TX-
152 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
UPTON COUNTY...
AT 145 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1
TO 2 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF RANKIN.
AT 150 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANKIN.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE...RURAL SOUTHEASTERN
UPTON COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3113 10222 3112 10180 3130 10179 3158 10179
3152 10198 3135 10211
$$000
WWUS54 KMAF 290718
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
218 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007
TXC461-290728-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070329T0730Z/
UPTON TX-
218 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN UPTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
AT 218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. 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 3113 10222 3112 10180 3130 10179 3158 10179
3152 10198 3135 10211
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 62 min |
| Mar 28, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 64 min |
| Mar 28, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 55 min |
| Mar 29, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 63 min |
| Mar 29, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 57 min |
| Mar 29, 1:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 66 min |
| Mar 29, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 1:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.