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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2007, 4:48 PM CDT for Ector County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2007, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ector County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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.
| 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, 9.8 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.
- 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 032149 TORMAF TXC135-032245- /O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0052.070603T2148Z-070603T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 448 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 446 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE WINKLER/ECTOR COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM IS 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NOTREES...OR 14 MILES EAST OF KERMIT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... NOTREES... PENWELL... WEST ODESSA... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3201 10247 3170 10246 3168 10279 3204 10278 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMAF 032220 SVSMAF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 517 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 TXC135-032245- /O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-070603T2245Z/ ECTOR TX- 517 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ECTOR COUNTY... AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 20 AND PENWELL... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PENWELL...WEST ODESSA...PLEASANT FARMS. A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY TIME... TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220. LAT...LON 3201 10247 3170 10246 3168 10279 3204 10278 $$
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, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 62 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, 4:51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.