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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2007, 5:57 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- May 2, 2007, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jeff Davis County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 022258 TORMAF TXC243-030000- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0034.070502T2257Z-070503T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 557 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY...OR 29 MILES EAST OF VAN HORN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... STATE HIGHWAY 118 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 386 AND 400... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3111 10410 3094 10442 3076 10420 3085 10371 $$ 05
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 022307 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 605 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC243-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-070503T0000Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 605 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY NEAR KENT...OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF VAN HORN... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE RURAL NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY INCLUDING STATE HIGHWAY 118 FROM MILE MARKER 382 TO 396. THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY TRAVEL CLOSE TO HIGHWAY 118...SO PEOPLE LIVING ON HIGHWAY 118 IN NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3111 10410 3094 10442 3076 10420 3085 10371 $$ 05
000 WWUS54 KMAF 022314 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 613 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC243-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-070503T0000Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 613 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...PARTICULARLY NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 118 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 384 AND 394. TRAVEL ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROADWAY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3111 10410 3094 10442 3076 10420 3085 10371 $$ 05
000 WWUS54 KMAF 022320 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 619 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC243-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-070503T0000Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 619 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. UP TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS ALONG HIGHWAY 118 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 386 AND 396. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3111 10410 3094 10442 3076 10420 3085 10371 $$ 05
000 WWUS54 KMAF 022328 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 627 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC243-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-070503T0000Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 627 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 625 PM CDT...GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENT. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE NORTHERN JEFF DAVIS EAST OF HIGHWAY 118. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3111 10410 3094 10442 3076 10420 3085 10371 $$ 05
000 WWUS54 KMAF 022336 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 635 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC243-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-070503T0000Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 635 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...THE BUFFALO TRAIL BOY SCOUT RANCH. THE TORNADO IS LIKELY OBSCURRED BY RAIN AND HAIL. TAKE COVER AHEAD OF THE STORM. HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AND WINDS TO 80 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3111 10410 3094 10442 3076 10420 3085 10371 $$ 05
000 WWUS54 KMAF 022349 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 648 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC243-030000- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-070503T0000Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 648 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY 4 MILES NORTH OF THE BOY SCOUT RANCH...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...THE BUFFALO TRAILS BOY SCOUT RANCH. PEOPLE CLOSE TO THIS LOCATION SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SAFETY IN A SECURE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR... AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW. BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND 80 MPH WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT WEDNESDAY 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 3111 10410 3094 10442 3076 10420 3085 10371 $$ 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more | 17 hr |
| May 2, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 61 min |
| May 2, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 61 min |
| May 2, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 65 min |
| May 2, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 67 min |
| May 2, 8:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Winkler | 3 hr |
| May 2, 8:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 2, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 65 min |
| May 2, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 65 min |
| May 2, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 65 min |
| May 2, 10:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 4 hr |
| May 2, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 67 min |
| May 2, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 53 min |
| May 2, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 65 min |
| May 2, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 60 min |
| May 2, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 62 min |
| May 2, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 59 min |
| May 2, 11:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 5 hr |
| May 2, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 53 min |
| May 2, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 63 min |
| May 2, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 42 min |
| May 2, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| May 2, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson | 4 hr |
| May 2, 12:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 3 hr |
| May 2, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| May 2, 12:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| May 2, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 40 min |
| May 2, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 67 min |
| May 2, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 33 min |
| May 2, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 54 min |
| May 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Culberson | 3 hr |
| May 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 54 min |
| May 2, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 44 min |
| May 2, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Culberson | 64 min |
| May 2, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 29 min |
| May 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Culberson | 43 min |
| May 2, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 51 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.