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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT for Reagan County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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 6, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Reagan County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 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 070133 TORMAF TXC383-070215- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0037.070507T0130Z-070507T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 830 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF BIG LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... RURAL LOCATIONS NEAR BIG LAKE IN SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY... A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... 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 3123 10145 3115 10146 3114 10127 3134 10128 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMAF 070145 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 845 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 TXC383-070215- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070507T0215Z/ REAGAN TX- 845 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY... AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG ROTATION AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL AFFECT RURAL AREAS NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 67...NORTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF BIG LAKE. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS FO 70 MPH. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3123 10145 3115 10146 3114 10127 3134 10128 $$
000 WWUS54 KMAF 070215 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 915 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 TXC383-070225- /O.EXP.KMAF.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070507T0215Z/ REAGAN TX- 915 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM CDT... AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3123 10145 3115 10146 3114 10127 3134 10128 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 60 min |
| May 6, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 60 min |
| May 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 51 min |
| May 6, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 64 min |
| May 6, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 62 min |
| May 6, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Reagan | 3 hr |
| May 6, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 46 min |
| May 6, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 66 min |
| May 6, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 49 min |
| May 7, 12:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| May 7, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 54 min |
| May 7, 2:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 7, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 66 min |
| May 7, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 61 min |
| May 7, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 48 min |
| May 7, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 58 min |
| May 7, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 66 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.