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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2007, 7:53 PM CDT for Upton County, Texas. It was in force for 67 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 29, 2007, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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, 8:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 30 Nnw Rankin, TX | |
| Apr 29, 8:32 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 30 Nnw Rankin, TX |
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 29, 12:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 300054 TORMAF TXC461-300200- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0028.070430T0053Z-070430T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 753 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SH 32...OR 10 MILES EAST OF CRANE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NORTHERN UPTON COUNTY... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN 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 3138 10233 3134 10217 3163 10187 3164 10222 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WFUS54 KMAF 300058 CCA TORMAF TXC461-300200- /O.COR.KMAF.TO.W.0028.070430T0053Z-070430T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 753 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 329 AND FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1492...OR 10 MILES EAST OF CRANE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NORTHERN UPTON COUNTY... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3138 10233 3134 10217 3163 10187 3164 10222 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 300138 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 835 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 TXC461-300200- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070430T0200Z/ UPTON TX- 835 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY... AT 832 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY 349 JUST SOUTH OF THE MIDLAND COUNTY LINE. ALSO...AT 817 PM CDT...NICKEL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN RANKIN. THE SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3138 10233 3134 10217 3163 10187 3164 10222 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 300200 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 900 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 TXC461-300210- /O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070430T0200Z/ UPTON TX- 900 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN UPTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 900 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3138 10233 3134 10217 3163 10187 3164 10222 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 58 min |
| Apr 29, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 24 min |
| Apr 29, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 63 min |
| Apr 29, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 18 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.