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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 6:01 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
- Mar 23, 2007, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brewster County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 232302 TORMAF TXC043-232330- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0003.070323T2301Z-070323T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 601 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF MARATHON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... U.S. HIGHWAY 90 ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF MARATHON... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY... SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR 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 3013 10319 2997 10286 3011 10265 3045 10315 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 232317 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 617 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXC043-232330- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070323T2330Z/ BREWSTER TX- 617 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY... AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR U.S. HIGHWAY 90...ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF MARATHON. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. U.S. HIGHWAY 90 ABOUT 19 TO 20 MILES EAST OF MARATHON IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3013 10319 2997 10286 3011 10265 3045 10315 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 232330 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 630 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 TXC043-232337- /O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070323T2330Z/ BREWSTER TX- 630 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM CDT... AT 627 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3013 10319 2997 10286 3011 10265 3045 10315 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 63 min |
| Mar 22, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 60 min |
| Mar 22, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 45 min |
| Mar 22, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 11:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 19 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 54 min |
| Mar 23, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 64 min |
| Mar 23, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| Mar 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 56 min |
| Mar 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.