Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

May 17, 1996, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 1996, 7:25 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KMAF 172338
SVRMAF
TXC371-180025-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
637 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 725 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST TEXAS

   ...SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY
 
AT 636 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANDERSON OR 32 MILES SOUTH OF
FORT STOCKTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK REFUGE FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...b AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

$$

BOYD/FRAZAR

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 17, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
229 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 1996

GENERALLY PROGRESSIVE PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE
U.S.. WHILE OVER THE SW HIGH PRESSURE TO REMAIN IN CONTROL WITH
STAGNANT/UNCHANGING ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS PREVAILING. DRYLINE IS
SLOWLY INCHING EWRD THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS STILL W OF MAF AS OF 2
PM. AS A RESULT TEMPS IN THE ERN PB HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO RISE WITH
MAF STILL ABOUT 4 DEGREES BEHIND YESTERDAYS PACE. DRYLINE MAY STILL
PUSH TO OR JUST E OF MAF BEFORE SUNSET. THEREAFTER SHALLOW LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL ONCE AGAIN RETREAT WWRD AS DECOUPLING OCCURS. NO SIGN
OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE SWRN AREAS...STILL WOULD NOT RULE OUT LATE
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM ACROSS THE BB RGN AS ETA GRIDDED DATA/UA
PLOTS INDICATE BEST TDIFS BETWEEN 7H-5H ARE FOUND THERE. WELL ABOVE
NORMAL AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL AGAIN CARRY OVER INTO THE NIGHT AS WINDS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN UP WITH TIGHT GRADIENT REMAINING IN PLACE BETWEEN
STUBBORN HIGH NEAR FL AND LOW MOVING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. WILL
CONTINUE TREND OF GOING WELL ABOVE GUIDANCE.

DRYLINE WILL AGAIN HAVE DIFFICULTY MOVING E ACROSS THE PB TMRW AS
AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS IN ACSN
WITH APPROACHING 3H JET. HOWEVER AGREE WITH LBB THAT TRIPLE DIGITS
ARE AGAIN LIKELY TMRW AS 5H HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO
WTX/SE NM AND THCK CONTINUES TO INCREASE. POPS NIL. COORD WITH LBB.

CNM 64
MAF 70
MRF 55
P07 72
ALL POPS ZERO

MURDOCH

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