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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2007, 11:49 AM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 56 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
- Apr 29, 2007, 11:49 AM CDT (16:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2007, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jeff Davis County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 216 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 11:54 AM CDT | TORNADO | Fort Davis, TX | SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS WIDE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 996 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 291649 TORMAF TXC243-291745- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0021.070429T1649Z-070429T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1149 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 1146 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FORT DAVIS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... FORT DAVIS 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 3050 10402 3048 10382 3084 10370 3100 10394 $$ 05
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 291655 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1151 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 TXC243-291745- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070429T1745Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 1151 AM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... THE JEFF DAVIS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT A TORNADO OCCURRRED FROM 1140 AM CDT TO 1145 AM CDT JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 166 AND HIGHWAY 17. AT 1154 AM CDT...TWO TORNADOS WERE REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN DAVIS MOUTAIN STATE PARK. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR DAVIS MOUNTAIN STATE PARK SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3050 10402 3048 10382 3084 10370 3100 10394 $$ 05
000 WWUS54 KMAF 291730 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1229 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 TXC243-291745- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070429T1745Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 1229 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... AT 1220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. BY 1245 PM CDT...THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL APPROACH STATE HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 404 AND 410. 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 3050 10402 3048 10382 3084 10370 3100 10394 $$ 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 60 min |
| Apr 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 4:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 7:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 12:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Reeves | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Midland | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 53 min |
| Apr 29, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos, Ward | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 2:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 2:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 5:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 46 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.