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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

March 23, 2007Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2007, 5:28 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 min. 7 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
Mar 23, 2007, 5:28 PM MDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2007, 6:05 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 23, 5:34 PM MDTTORNADO12 N Tatum, NMTORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON SH 206 BETWEEN TATUM AND CROSSROADS.
Mar 23, 5:45 PM MDTHAIL 1.7514 N Tatum, NM3 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF SH 206 AND 165.
Mar 23, 6:00 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Milnesand, NM
Mar 23, 6:04 PM MDTTORNADO3 N Crossroads, NMMEDIA REPORTED A CAR OVERTURNED BY A BRIEF TORNADO 3 NORTH OF CROSSROADS ON STATE HIGHWAY 206...AWAITING FURTHER INFORMATION.
Mar 23, 6:05 PM MDTTORNADO1 S Milnesand, NMBARNS DAMAGED
Mar 23, 6:06 PM MDTTORNADOSw Milnesand, NM
Mar 23, 6:08 PM MDTHAIL 1Milnesand, NM

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 2:19 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 12:00Z on 2007-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1360 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 232330
TORMAF
NMC025-240030-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0005.070323T2328Z-070324T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
528 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 528 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF CROSSROADS...OR 10 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF TATUM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS STORM HAS 
  A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. 

CROSSROADS IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM.  PERSONS IN CROSSROADS
SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

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

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

LAT...LON 3336 10353 3325 10336 3357 10305 3368 10350

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 232338
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
637 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

NMC025-240030-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070324T0030Z/
LEA NM-
537 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY...

AT 534 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN CROSSROADS AND TATUM ON SH 206...OR ABOUT 
14 MILES NORTH OF TATUM...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CROSSROADS.  
PERSONS IN CROSSROADS NEED TO SEEK SHELTER NOW

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED... TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.

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

LAT...LON 3336 10353 3325 10336 3357 10305 3368 10350

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 240005
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
704 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

NMC025-240014-
/O.CAN.KMAF.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070324T0030Z/
LEA NM-
604 PM MDT FRI MAR 23 2007

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

AT 604 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3336 10353 3325 10336 3357 10305 3368 10350

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 9:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy4 hr
Mar 23, 3:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea55 min
Mar 23, 10:03 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchMAFEddy, Lea19 hr
Mar 23, 1:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy56 min
Mar 23, 2:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy63 min
Mar 23, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy63 min
Mar 23, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea63 min
Mar 23, 4:28 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFLea62 min
Mar 23, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEddy60 min
Mar 23, 5:48 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFEddy5 hr

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.