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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 3, 2007Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2007, 6:08 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brewster County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 6:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Persimmon Gap, TX

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
Jun 3, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2395 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 032312
TORMAF
TXC043-040000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.TO.W.0055.070603T2308Z-070604T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERSIMMON GAP...
  OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PANTHER JUNCTION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  35 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK...

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK SHOULD
SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY NOW. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM
MAY PRODUCE WINDS TO 90 MPH AND SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL.

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 2979 10349 3017 10275 2988 10232 2975 10243
      2976 10262 2953 10280 2940 10283 2927 10291
      2923 10287 2917 10300

$$

05
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMAF 032336
SVSMAF

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

TXC043-040000-
/O.CON.KMAF.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-070604T0000Z/
BREWSTER TX-
632 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR     
   BREWSTER COUNTY...

AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PERSIMMON GAP...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF PANTHER JUNCTION...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. VERY LARGE HAIL TO SOFTBALL SIZE AND WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 90 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST
OF BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. PEOPLE NEAR FARM TO MARKET ROAD 2627 
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE CAN EXPECT VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.,

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MARATHON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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 2979 10349 3017 10275 2988 10232 2975 10243
      2976 10262 2953 10280 2940 10283 2927 10291
      2923 10287 2917 10300

$$

05

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, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBrewster38 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, 6:19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.