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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 24, 1993Ector County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 24, 1993, 6:27 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 1993, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 24, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-242245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
444 PM CDT (344 PM MDT) FRI SEP 24 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE TRANS-PECOS AREA...

AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 15
MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON...TO FORT DAVIS...AND NORTHWESTWARD
INTO CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANYING
THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED AS FAR SOUTHWEST OF A MARFA-VAN
HORN LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...WHICH MEANS THAT THE CITIES OF
SARAGOSA...BALMORHEA...AND FORT STOCKTON COULD RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN
BY 530 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-242245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
444 PM CDT (344 PM MDT) FRI SEP 24 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE TRANS-PECOS AREA...

AT 430 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM 15
MILES WEST OF FORT STOCKTON...TO FORT DAVIS...AND NORTHWESTWARD
INTO CENTRAL CULBERSON COUNTY. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANYING
THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED AS FAR SOUTHWEST OF A MARFA-VAN
HORN LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR...WHICH MEANS THAT THE CITIES OF
SARAGOSA...BALMORHEA...AND FORT STOCKTON COULD RECEIVE HEAVY RAIN
BY 530 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 5:46 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-242345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
544 PM CDT (444 PM MDT) FRI SEP 24 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE PECOS RIVER...

AT 535 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM
THE PECOS RIVER AT GRANDFALLS...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF FORT
STOCKTON...TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MARATHON. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO
LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF ALPINE...BALMORHEA...AND SARAGOSA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE OF
SPEED...THE CITIES OF CRANE...MCCAMEY...AND BAKERSFIELD CAN EXPECT
POSSIBLY HEAVY RAIN BY 630 PM CDT.

MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SCATTERED
FROM THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AT PRESIDIO TO AS FAR NORTH AS
HOBBS NEW MEXICO.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Sep 24, 5:46 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
TXZ007-008-010>018-024-034-050>054-NMZ013-242345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
544 PM CDT (444 PM MDT) FRI SEP 24 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE PECOS RIVER...

AT 535 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM
THE PECOS RIVER AT GRANDFALLS...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF FORT
STOCKTON...TO 30 MILES NORTH OF MARATHON. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO
LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF ALPINE...BALMORHEA...AND SARAGOSA.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE OF
SPEED...THE CITIES OF CRANE...MCCAMEY...AND BAKERSFIELD CAN EXPECT
POSSIBLY HEAVY RAIN BY 630 PM CDT.

MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACCOMPANYING THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SCATTERED
FROM THE BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK AT PRESIDIO TO AS FAR NORTH AS
HOBBS NEW MEXICO.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

Nearby

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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.