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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 23, 2007Brewster County, Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1360 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 2007-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster63 min
Mar 22, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell60 min
Mar 22, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster45 min
Mar 22, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell60 min
Mar 23, 11:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMAFAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Martin19 hr
Mar 23, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves54 min
Mar 23, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster64 min
Mar 23, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster60 min
Mar 23, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos55 min
Mar 23, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves56 min
Mar 23, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves56 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.