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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 29, 2007Pecos County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2007, 5:58 PM CDT for Pecos County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2007, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pecos County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 12:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 996 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 292302
TORMAF
TXC371-292345-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0026.070429T2258Z-070429T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
558 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES NORTH
  OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADIC 
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADIC STORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  FORT STOCKTON...
  INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 252 AND 264...
  NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY NEAR FM 1053 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
  378 AND 384...


A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. THE
TORNADO COULD BE OBSCURRED BY RAIN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3129 10285 3133 10291 3101 10325 3076 10322
      3075 10288 3123 10268 3127 10283

$$

05
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 292325
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
623 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXC371-292345-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070429T2345Z/
PECOS TX-
623 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
   PECOS COUNTY...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM FOR
   NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...

AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BELDING...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE ON US HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
460 AND 472 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3129 10285 3133 10291 3101 10325 3076 10322
      3075 10288 3123 10268 3127 10283

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KMAF 292344
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
642 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

TXC371-292352-
/O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070429T2345Z/
PECOS TX-
642 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PECOS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR 
   NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...

AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3129 10285 3133 10291 3101 10325 3076 10322
      3075 10288 3123 10268 3127 10283

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster60 min
Apr 28, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster3 hr
Apr 29, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster62 min
Apr 29, 4:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 13 more23 hr
Apr 29, 5:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster3 hr
Apr 29, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster64 min
Apr 29, 7:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Ward4 hr
Apr 29, 10:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Apr 29, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis61 min
Apr 29, 11:49 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFJeff Davis56 min
Apr 29, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton35 min
Apr 29, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson55 min
Apr 29, 12:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFJeff Davis, Reeves62 min
Apr 29, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis54 min
Apr 29, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland60 min
Apr 29, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard60 min
Apr 29, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson56 min
Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves53 min
Apr 29, 1:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Ward3 hr
Apr 29, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward63 min
Apr 29, 2:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis3 hr
Apr 29, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster44 min
Apr 29, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis67 min
Apr 29, 2:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor4 hr
Apr 29, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves55 min
Apr 29, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves59 min
Apr 29, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves67 min
Apr 29, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane60 min
Apr 29, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos57 min
Apr 29, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor61 min
Apr 29, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves65 min
Apr 29, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos61 min
Apr 29, 5:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
Apr 29, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland59 min
Apr 29, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos66 min
Apr 29, 5:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos4 hr
Apr 29, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock54 min
Apr 29, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster55 min
Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane, Pecos56 min
Apr 29, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton24 min
Apr 29, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward61 min
Apr 29, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos55 min
Apr 29, 6:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor5 hr
Apr 29, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.