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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2007, 6:55 PM CDT for Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
- May 2, 2007, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2007, 7:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 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), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 17 N Fort Davis, TX | AT BOY SCOUT RANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 022358 TORMAF TXC243-030100- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0035.070502T2355Z-070503T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 655 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY JUST EAST OF THE BOY SCOUT RANCH...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... STATE HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 404 AND 424... 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. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED AND WINDS TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3099 10392 3084 10403 3058 10370 3073 10352 $$ 05
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 030010 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 709 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC243-030100- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070503T0100Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 709 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY... AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL JEFF DAVIS COUNTY NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 17 NEAR MILE MARKER 408...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF FORT DAVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...EASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY AND STATE HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 404 AND 418. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING... IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TAKE COVER NOW. ALSO...UP TO BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND WINDS TO 80 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3099 10392 3084 10403 3058 10370 3073 10352 $$ 05
000 WWUS54 KMAF 030046 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 746 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 TXC243-030056- /O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070503T0100Z/ JEFF DAVIS TX- 746 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 746 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 IS CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3099 10392 3084 10403 3058 10370 3073 10352 $$ 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, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 63 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.