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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 30, 2007Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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 30, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gaines County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 30, 3:56 PM CDTTORNADO5 Se Loop, TX

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2007-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 302045
TORMAF
TXC165-302145-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0029.070430T2045Z-070430T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
345 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 341 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO
  HAS TOUCHED DOWN NEAR SEAGRAVES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
  
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  LOOP...
  ASHMORE...
  CEDAR LAKE...

EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING
OR AN UNDERGROUND SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN
THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR
HANDS.

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

LAT...LON 3295 10263 3279 10266 3262 10221 3293 10221

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 302108
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
406 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

TXC165-302145-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070430T2145Z/
GAINES TX-
406 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY...

AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOOP...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF 
SEAGRAVES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  SEVERAL REPORTS INDICATE A 
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN MAY HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ASHMORE AND 
CEDAR LAKE.

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS 
STORM... 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 3295 10263 3279 10266 3262 10221 3293 10221

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 302114
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
413 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

TXC165-302145-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070430T2145Z/
GAINES TX-
413 PM CDT MON APR 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY...

AT 411 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE 
G ROUND. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHMORE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES 
EAST OF SEAGRAVES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM MAY BE SEEN
FROM BOTH GAINES AND DAWSON COUNTY BUT IS IN GAINES COUNTY.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...ASHMORE AND CEDAR
LAKE.

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 3295 10263 3279 10266 3262 10221 3293 10221

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFCrane, Upton3 hr
Apr 29, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFHoward4 hr
Apr 29, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton63 min
Apr 29, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward61 min
Apr 29, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton67 min
Apr 29, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMidland3 hr
Apr 29, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster58 min
Apr 29, 8:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFMitchell4 hr
Apr 29, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan63 min
Apr 29, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos55 min
Apr 29, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland24 min
Apr 29, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock56 min
Apr 29, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos38 min
Apr 29, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Apr 29, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell64 min
Apr 29, 10:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFDawson, Martin3 hr
Apr 29, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell63 min
Apr 29, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos67 min
Apr 30, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos49 min
Apr 30, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell24 min
Apr 30, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines60 min
Apr 30, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson18 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.