Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 4:28 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 min. 4 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
- Mar 23, 2007, 4:28 PM MDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lea County, NM
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:31 PM MDT | TORNADO | 16 Wnw Lovington, NM | |
| Mar 23, 5:08 PM MDT | TORNADO | 10 N Mcdonald, NM | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WEST OF TATUM AND NORTH OF MCDONALD. |
| Mar 23, 5:21 PM MDT | TORNADO | 7 Nw Tatum, NM | |
| Mar 23, 5:34 PM MDT | TORNADO | 12 N Tatum, NM | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON SH 206 BETWEEN TATUM AND CROSSROADS. |
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 23, 2:19 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMAF 232229
TORMAF
NMC025-232330-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0002.070323T2228Z-070323T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
428 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
* AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MCDONALD...OR 16 MILES WEST OF LOVINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MCDONALD...
TATUM...
CROSSROADS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND 1100 PM CDT 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 3291 10375 3287 10354 3309 10309 3354 10314
3353 10357
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMAF 232241
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
536 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
NMC025-232330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070323T2330Z/
LEA NM-
436 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN
LEA COUNTY...
AT 434 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN ON THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE TOWN OF LOVINGTON. THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MCDONALD...TATUM...CROSSROADS...LOVINGTON.
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS.
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3291 10375 3287 10354 3309 10309 3354 10314
3353 10357
$$000
WWUS54 KMAF 232311
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
610 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
NMC025-232330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070323T2330Z/
LEA NM-
510 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN
LEA COUNTY...
AT 508 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST WEST OF TATUM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH. THIS STORM IS CROSSING U.S.380 WEST OF TATUM.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE... RURAL
NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY AT 520 PM MDT.
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 3291 10375 3287 10354 3309 10309 3354 10314
3353 10357
$$000
WWUS54 KMAF 232315
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
615 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007
NMC025-232330-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070323T2330Z/
LEA NM-
515 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN
LEA COUNTY...
AT 512 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 TO 5 MILES WEST OF TATUM ON U.S.380...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH. HEAVY RAIN IS WRAPPING AROUND THIS TORNADO.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CROSSROADS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3291 10375 3287 10354 3309 10309 3354 10314
3353 10357
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 9:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:50 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 10:03 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 19 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 56 min |
| Mar 23, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 63 min |
| Mar 23, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 63 min |
| Mar 23, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 63 min |
| Mar 23, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 5:28 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Lea | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 5:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Eddy | 5 hr |
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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.