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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2007, 6:28 PM CDT for Howard County, Mitchell County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 23, 2007, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Howard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 6:34 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Coahoma, TX | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF COAHOMA. |
| Apr 23, 7:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 W Westbrook, TX | FUNNEL 1/2 WAY TO GROUND. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 820 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 232329 TORMAF TXC227-335-240015- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0018.070423T2328Z-070424T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 628 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... WEST CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST NORTHWEST OF BIG SPRING...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... MIDWAY... SAND SPRINGS... COAHOMA... INTERSTATE 20 FROM BIG SPRING TO COAHOMA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR 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 3233 10150 3226 10148 3226 10109 3245 10113 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 232349 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 649 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 TXC227-335-240015- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070424T0015Z/ HOWARD TX-MITCHELL TX- 649 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL MITCHELL AND EAST CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTIES... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT STRONG ROTATION IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF COAHOMA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF COLORADO CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WEST TEXAS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT OTHERS FROM REACHING SAFETY. IF YOU CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH... OR A LOW LYING AREA AWAY FROM YOUR VEHICLE. LIE FLAT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3233 10150 3226 10148 3226 10109 3245 10113 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 4:50 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | 41 hr | |
| Apr 23, 3:24 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MAF | Andrews, Gaines, Loving, Ward, Winkler | 31 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:42 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 65 min |
| Apr 23, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 67 min |
| Apr 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 64 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.