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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 3, 2007Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2007, 4:52 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brewster County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 222 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 2007-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1012 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 2007-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 032154
TORMAF
TXC043-032230-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0053.070603T2152Z-070603T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF
  MARATHON NEAR MILE MARKER 514 OF HIGHWAY 385....MOVING EAST AT 20  
  MPH. ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM WAS DETECTED 25 MILES SOUTH OF STATE 
  HIGHWAY 118 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 482 AND 498.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...
  EAST CENTRAL BREWSTER 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 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 2989 10379 3040 10380 3067 10344 3043 10310
      3040 10307 3040 10306 3026 10286 2959 10332

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 032203 RRA
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
501 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXC043-032230-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-070603T2230Z/
BREWSTER TX-
501 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...

AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF MARATHON
ON US HIGHWAY 90. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 90 EAST
OF MARATHON IN BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

A VERY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF WINDS TO 90 MPH AND BASEBALL SIZED
HAIL WAS LOCATED 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WAS ALSO OVER STATE HIGHWAY 118 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 480 AND 500. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY AS DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CENTRAL BREWSTER
COUNTY.

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 2989 10379 3040 10380 3067 10344 3043 10310
      3040 10307 3040 10306 3026 10286 2959 10332

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KMAF 032216
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
512 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

TXC043-032230-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-070603T2230Z/
BREWSTER TX-
512 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
   NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...

AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF
MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AND
WINDS TO 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON US HIGHWAY 90 EAST OF
MARATHON BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 244 AND 266. 

A STORM CAPABLE OF BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND WINDS TO 80 MPH WAS LOCATED
28 MILES SOUTH OF ALPINE ON STATE HIGHWAY 11. THIS STORM WAS ABOUT
TO ENTER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF FORT PENA COLORADO PARK. THIS
IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. PEOPLE IN ITS PATH SHOULD TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.  PEOPLE IN NORTHERN PARTS OF BIG BEND PARK SHOULD
ALSO BEGIN TO SEEK SHELTER IN CASE THIS STORM APPROACHES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2989 10379 3040 10380 3067 10344 3043 10310
      3040 10307 3040 10306 3026 10286 2959 10332

$$

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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, 12:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFGaines46 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, 4:55 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.