Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

May 24, 1996, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)

Expired

May 24, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Loving County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 242343
SVRMAF
TXC301-475-495-250030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
642 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN LOVING COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN WINKLER COUNTY
 
AT 640 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WARD COUNTY 20 MILES WEST OF
WICKETT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR. AT ITS CURRENT MOVEMENT...THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
WINKLER COUNTY BY 715 PM CDT.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 2:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
240 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 1996

CONVECTION FIRING AT THIS TIME IN PANHANDLE WHERE MOIST CONVERGENCE
IS BEING ENHANCED BY STALLED FRONT JUST NORTH OF AMA. CLOSER TO HOME
...MODIFIED MAF SOUNDING SHOWS AT LEAST A FEW MORE DEGREES NEEDED TO
BUST CAP. THANKS TO IN PART TO MERIDIONAL FLOW ALOFT...DRYLINE
CONVERGENCE STILL WEAK ACROSS MOST OF FORECAST AREA...WITH THIS
UNLIKELY TO CHANGE AS BOTH MODELS SHOW LITTLE IN THE WAY OF UPWARD
FORCING AND WATER VAPOR IMAGERY JUST SHOWS JET FINGER AXIS DRIFTING
EAST ACROSS NM. SUSPECT STATUS QUO NEAR ZONE ISSUANCE WILL BE CUE
WHETHER OR NOT TO ADD EVENING THUNDER FOR EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...
BUT AT THIS TIME HAVE DOUBTS CAP WILL BREAK OVER FORECAST AREA IN
TIME THIS EVENING.

POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE MUCH BETTER SATURDAY EVENING AS UPPER SPEED
MAX ROTATES OVER SOUTHERN NM AHEAD OF APPROACHING CUTOFF LOW OVER
SOUTHWEST USA. RESULTING INCREASED SPEED SHEAR AND MID-LEVEL COOLING
SHOULD HELP SEVERE CONVECTION FIRE ALONG DRYLINE IN NORTHERN
FORECAST AREA.

FOR TONIGHT...WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE MODELS GUIDANCE...WHICH
HAVE CONSISTENTLY UNDERFORECASTED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE LATELY.
LOW LEVEL JET SHOULD WARRANT MENTION OF STRONGER WINDS IN EASTERN
FORECAST AREA. GIVEN RICH MOISTURE AND SOUTHEAST FLOW OVERNIGHT...
ALSO BELIEVE LOW CLOUDS SHOULD REACH NEAR MAF AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING.

CNM  69/0
MAF  73/1
MRF  58/0
P07  71/0

TUR~NAGE

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