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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 1, 2007Andrews County, Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 7:58 PM CDT for Andrews County, Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Andrews County, TX, Martin County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 1, 9:02 PM CDT	HAIL 1	11 W Tarzan, TX	ON HIGHWAY 349

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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 020100
TORMAF
TXC003-317-020200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0041.070602T0058Z-070602T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
758 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...
  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF TARZAN...OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDREWS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  STATE HIGHWAY 115 IN NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY...
  STATE HIGHWAY 349 IN NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
  STATE HIGHWAY 176 IN WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
  TARZAN...
  GRADY...

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 BASEBALLS OR LARGER AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.

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 3251 10177 3222 10190 3224 10221 3240 10238
      3251 10235

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 020131
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
831 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

TXC003-020137-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-070602T0200Z/
ANDREWS TX-
831 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD MOVED EAST OF THE 
COUNTY. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3249 10187 3222 10190 3224 10221 3250 10220

$$

TXC317-020200-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-070602T0200Z/
MARTIN TX-
831 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY...

AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE 
MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 17 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF LENORAH...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
PATRICIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...STATE HIGHWAY 349 
IN NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY...STATE HIGHWAY 176 IN WESTERN MARTIN 
COUNTY...TARZAN AND GRADY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS OR LARGER AND DESTRUCTIVE 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.

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 3249 10187 3222 10190 3224 10221 3250 10220

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MAF	Gaines	48 min
Jun 1, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Dawson	67 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.