EF0 tornado in Upton County, Texas
Tornado March 23, 2007 · Upton County, Texas
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Local television meteorologists from all three networks in addition to severeal spotters reported a tornado on the ground north of Rankin. This tornado remained in open country and no damage was reported to the NWS.
The wider storm
An upper level storm system moved east across northern Mexico across west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Ahead of this system, a moist and unstable airmass was in place. As temperatures warmed throughout the day, the atmosphere became more unstable. Storms initiated in the Big Bend and across the mountains of southeastern New Mexico and moved north and eastward.
The Midland county warning area saw five recorded tornadoes on the 23rd, four in New Mexico and one in Texas. The four in New Mexico were documented by both trained Skywarn spotters and by a National Weather Service damage survey team. The tornado in Texas was recorded by a television news/weather crew in the area. Baseball size hail was also associated with the Texas storm.
Began near Rankin (31.3212, -101.9000).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 21912. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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