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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 12:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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 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
$$
052 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMAF 292325
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
623 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007
TXC371-292345-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070429T2345Z/
PECOS TX-
623 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PECOS COUNTY...
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM FOR
NORTH CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY...
AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BELDING...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE ON US HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
460 AND 472 SOUTH OF FORT STOCKTON.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3129 10285 3133 10291 3101 10325 3076 10322
3075 10288 3123 10268 3127 10283
$$
05000
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
$$
05The 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, 11:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 56 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.