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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 7:12 PM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 1, 2007, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gaines County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 15 E Seminole, TX | REPORTED BY OFFDUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. LASTED 5-10 MINUTES. APPROX. 50YDS WIDE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMAF 020014
TORMAF
TXC165-020100-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0040.070602T0012Z-070602T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
712 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ABOUT 8 MILES
MILES SOUTH OF LOOP...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEAGRAVES...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
U.S. HIGHWAY 180 IN EASTERN GAINES COUNTY...
A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3272 10220 3252 10220 3252 10234 3277 10245
3281 10237
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMAF 020035
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
734 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007
TXC165-020100-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070602T0100Z/
GAINES TX-
734 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY...
AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF
SEMINOLE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF LOOP. THE STORM IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...U.S. HIGHWAY 180 IN
EASTERN GAINES COUNTY...RURAL LOCATIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN GAINES
COUNTY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT... DITCH OR
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 3272 10220 3252 10220 3252 10234 3270 10241
3276 10233
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 67 min |
| Jun 1, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard, Martin | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 64 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.