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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 1, 2007Martin County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2007, 8:59 PM CDT for Martin County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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, 9:16 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Courtney, TX

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
Jun 1, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 020159
TORMAF
TXC317-020230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0042.070602T0159Z-070602T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF TARZAN...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF STANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  FARM TO MARKET 1212...
  COURTNEY...
  RURAL SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY...

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 AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
NOW.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED
AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO... LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY... SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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

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

LAT...LON 3210 10170 3209 10210 3233 10215 3236 10194

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 020211
SVSMAF

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

TXC317-020230-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-070602T0230Z/
MARTIN TX-
906 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MARTIN COUNTY...

AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A TORNADO...IN ADDITION...THE MEDIA HAS RELAYED REPORTS OF 
QUARTER SIZED HAIL LOCATED 3 TO 5 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 
HIGHWAYS 349 AND 176.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
TARZAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF STANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...COURTNEY AND
STANTON.

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

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

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

LAT...LON 3210 10170 3209 10210 3233 10215 3236 10194

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMAF 020219
SVSMAF

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

TXC317-020230-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-070602T0230Z/
MARTIN TX-
918 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
MARTIN COUNTY...

AT 916 PM CDT...LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL ON FM 1212. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COURTNEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF STANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...COURTNEY AND
STANTON.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW.

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

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

LAT...LON 3210 10170 3209 10210 3233 10215 3236 10194

$$

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, 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, 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.