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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2007, 2:28 PM CDT for Andrews County, Texas. It was in force for 62 min. 5 reports 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 3, 2007, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Andrews County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 3, 2:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Andrews, TX | |
| Jun 3, 2:36 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Andrews, TX | |
| Jun 3, 2:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 17 E Andrews, TX | DEBRIS CLOUD LASTED FOR 5-10 MINUTES |
| Jun 3, 2:43 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Andrews, TX | LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF ANDREWS |
| Jun 3, 2:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Andrews, TX | PEA TO GOLFBALL HAIL ACROSS MOST OF THE CITY |
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 3, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1012 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMAF 031929 TORMAF TXC003-032030- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0049.070603T1928Z-070603T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 228 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ANDREWS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF A TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ANDREWS... 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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3240 10224 3212 10224 3217 10270 3240 10270 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 031939 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 235 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 TXC003-032030- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070603T2030Z/ ANDREWS TX- 235 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ANDREWS COUNTY... AT 233 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF ANDREWS. AT 230 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANDREWS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...ANDREWS...HIGHWAY 385 SOUTH OF ANDREWS. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3240 10224 3212 10224 3217 10270 3240 10270 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 1:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 18 min |
| Jun 3, 2:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 63 min |
| Jun 3, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Winkler | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Winkler | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 41 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.