Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
236 PM CST (136 PM MST) MON MAR 6 1995

...GUSTY WINDS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...

AT 230 PM CST (130 PM MST)...GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST
WERE OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
DUE TO A STRONG SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WAS LOCATED BETWEEN
LUBBOCK AND AMARILLO AND MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST.

IN ADDITION TO THIS...PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER
THE AREA. BECAUSE THE AIR NEAR THE GROUND IS QUITE DRY...MOST OF
THE RAIN WAS EVAPORATING BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND. THIS HAS
CAUSED LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA WHERE LIGHT RAIN IS OCCURRING...BE PREPARED FOR
LOCALLY STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG WIND GUSTS WHILE DRIVING IN AREAS THEY CAN
SEE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
350 PM CST (250 PM MST) MON MAR 6 1995

...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE PERMIAN
BASIN...

AT 337 PM CST...THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST
OF 53 MPH. THIS WAS CAUSED BY AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION PASSING OVER THE
MIDLAND-ODESSA AREA. BECAUSE MOST OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS EVAPORATING
BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND...LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCURRING.

THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION THAT CAUSED THIS SUDDEN INCREASE IN WIND IS
MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THEREFORE...PERSONS IN AND
AROUND THE STANTON AND BIG SPRING AREAS CAN EXPECT LOCALLY STRONG
WINDS...ACCOMPANIED BY BLOWING DUST BEFORE 5 PM CST.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING...PROCEED WITH CAUTION. YOU MAY EXPERIENCE
RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
444 PM CST (344 PM MST) MON MAR 6 1995

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS MOVING
OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN...

AT 427 PM CST...WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN AN
AREA FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF STERLING CITY...TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF
KENT...TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD CAVERNS AND TO 10 MILES EAST
OF LITTLEFIELD.

MOVEMENT HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

BECAUSE OF THE DRY AIR BELOW THE BASES OF THESE SHOWERS...LOCALLY GUSTY
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AS MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION EVAPORATES BEFORE
REACHING THE GROUND.  THIS EVAPORATION CAUSES THE AIR BELOW CLOUD BASES
TO BECOME COOLER THAN THE SURROUNDING AIR...AS A RESULT THE COLDER AIR
ACCELERATES FASTER TO THE GROUND CAUSING STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.  A WIND GUSTS TO 53 MILES AN HOUR OCCURRED AT THE
MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 337 PM.

PERSONS LOCATED IN STANTON...BIG SPRING AND COAHOMA CAN CONTINUE TO
EXPECT LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING...PROCEED WITH CAUTION. YOU MAY EXPERIENCE
RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

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

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
546 PM CST (446 PM MST) MON MAR 6 1995

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE CONTINUING IN THE VICINITY OF WIDELY
SCATTERED SHOWERS...

AT 528 PM CST(428 PM MST)...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...MOSTLY LIGHT...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM
CROSBYTON...TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARDEN CITY...TO 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MARATHON...TO 15 MILES EAST OF ALPINE...TO WHITES CITY NEW
MEXICO AND TO NEAR BLEDSOE.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

AT 514 PM CST...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN BALMORHEA REPORTED STRONG WINDS
AND PEA-SIZED HAIL.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED
STRONG GUSTY WINDS FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.

PERSONS IN WINK...KERMIT...PYOTE...MONAHANS..GRANDFALLS AND FORT
STOCKTON CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.

STRONG GUSTY WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING...PROCEED WITH CAUTION. YOU MAY EXPERIENCE
RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY IN SHORT DISTANCES RESULTING IN
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING DUST ASSOCIATED
WITH STRONG WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.