Tornado Warning 15, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 2, 1996, 7:35 PM MDT (01:35 UTC)

Expired

Jun 2, 1996, 8:25 PM MDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 030136
TORMAF
NMC025-030225-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
835 PM CDT (735 PM MDT) SUN JUN 2 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 825 PM MDT (925 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHERN LEA COUNTY
 
AT 733 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR
AND SPOTTER REPORTS 23 MILES NORTH OF TATUM OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CROSSROADS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY
EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF CROSSROADS NEED TO TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY...AS A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE GROUND.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

$$

TURNAGE

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 2, 7:25 PM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
823 PM CDT (723 PM MDT) SUN JUN 2 1996

SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING ATTM. SLOW MOVING CELLS OVER CRANE...REAGAN
AND UPTON COUNTIES CAUSING FLASH FLOOD THREAT THIS EVENING. OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY INTERACTION IN THE WEAK WIND FIELDS OVER FA KEEPING
SCATTERED STRONG/SVR STORMS GOING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL
STORMS MOVING S-WARD FROM NORTHERN LEA COUNTY AND YOAKUM COUNTIES
EXPECTED TO IMPACT FvA NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS. STATIONARY FRONY DRAPED
ACROSS W-TX NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH NEXT 24 HRS SO REPEAT
PERFORMANCE OF STORM ACTIVITY POSSIBLE FOR TOMORROW WITH MOISTURE IN
PLACE AND COOL TEMPS ALOFT.

PENDERGRAST

In the hours before

NMZ027>029-TXZ045>048-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-079>082-030025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
652 PM CDT (552 PM MDT) SUN JUN 2 1996

HERE IS AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THE WATCHES IN EFFECT IN WEST TEXAS :

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
#524 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT :

GLASSCOCK     REAGAN

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
#528 IN EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM CDT :

GAINES        DAWSON
BORDEN        SCURRY
MARTIN        HOWARD
MITCHELL

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

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.