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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 29, 2007Upton County, Texas

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 29, 1:45 AM CDTHAIL 0.881 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2254 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines62 min
Mar 28, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews51 min
Mar 28, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines44 min
Mar 28, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines50 min
Mar 28, 11:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews42 min
Mar 28, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Ector58 min
Mar 28, 11:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin64 min
Mar 28, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos57 min
Mar 28, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland55 min
Mar 29, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton55 min
Mar 29, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland63 min
Mar 29, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson45 min
Mar 29, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane61 min
Mar 29, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden57 min
Mar 29, 1:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson4 hr
Mar 29, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock66 min
Mar 29, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton61 min
Mar 29, 1:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock34 min
Mar 29, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.