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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 3, 2007Gaines County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2007, 12:59 AM CDT for Gaines County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 3, 2007, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2007, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
46 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), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1245 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 030559
TORMAF
TXC165-030645-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0046.070603T0559Z-070603T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1259 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CEDAR
  LAKE...OR 17 MILES WEST OF LAMESA...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  THIS
  STORM HAS HAD A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  EASTERN GAINES COUNTY...
  SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY...

A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE
HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUNDAY 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 3276 10221 3256 10221 3253 10233 3293 10249
      3293 10221

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 030606
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
104 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXC335-030615-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0316.000000T0000Z-070603T0615Z/
MITCHELL TX-
104 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY...

AT 103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WESTBROOK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF COLORADO CITY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE..
WESTBROOOK...
HIGHWAY 163 SOUTH OF COLORADO CITY...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO 
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER... YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK 
SAFE SHELTER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUNDAY 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 3234 10077 3219 10116 3251 10119 3252 10117
      3252 10097

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden59 min
Jun 2, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden39 min
Jun 2, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFScurry58 min
Jun 2, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden45 min
Jun 3, 12:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines48 min
Jun 3, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell58 min
Jun 3, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden61 min
Jun 3, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson58 min
Jun 3, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMitchell59 min
Jun 3, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFDawson47 min
Jun 3, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines45 min
Jun 3, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin66 min
Jun 3, 1:54 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines18 min
Jun 3, 2:01 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews29 min
Jun 3, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward53 min
Jun 3, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin29 min
Jun 3, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock60 min
Jun 3, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland36 min
Jun 3, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines63 min
Jun 3, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis65 min
Jun 3, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews62 min
Jun 3, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor65 min
Jun 3, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio67 min
Jun 3, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Winkler54 min
Jun 3, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos67 min
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMidland66 min
Jun 3, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster61 min
Jun 3, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis66 min
Jun 3, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster50 min
Jun 3, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFWinkler50 min
Jun 3, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock61 min
Jun 3, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPresidio60 min
Jun 3, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor61 min
Jun 3, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor57 min
Jun 3, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson54 min
Jun 3, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster38 min
Jun 3, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReagan65 min
Jun 3, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster52 min
Jun 3, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEctor3 hr
Jun 3, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCrane38 min
Jun 3, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson50 min
Jun 3, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor31 min
Jun 3, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton58 min
Jun 3, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos, Reeves58 min
Jun 3, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster52 min
Jun 3, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis56 min
Jun 3, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor64 min
Jun 3, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWard49 min
Jun 3, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving29 min
Jun 3, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFJeff Davis41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.