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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
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 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, 9.9 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.
- 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 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
$$
052 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMAF 032203 RRA
SVSMAF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
501 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007
TXC043-032230-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-070603T2230Z/
BREWSTER TX-
501 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY...
AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF MARATHON
ON US HIGHWAY 90. PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 90 EAST
OF MARATHON IN BREWSTER COUNTY UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
A VERY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF WINDS TO 90 MPH AND BASEBALL SIZED
HAIL WAS LOCATED 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WAS ALSO OVER STATE HIGHWAY 118 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 480 AND 500. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY AS DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE...CENTRAL BREWSTER
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.
LAT...LON 2989 10379 3040 10380 3067 10344 3043 10310
3040 10307 3040 10306 3026 10286 2959 10332
$$
05000
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
$$
05The 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, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 4:55 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.