Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 7, 1997, 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1997, 11:25 PM CDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Culberson County, TX

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KMAF 080350 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC109-080425-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1049 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1125 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY
 
AT 1048 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENTONE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.


TWE/JLF

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 7, 9:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
916 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 1997

SVR TSRA CONTINUE OVER FAR NW FA...WITH A GENERAL DECREASE SEEN OVER
DAVIS MTNS ATTM. GIVEN STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR SEEN ON WSM
PROFILER AND AREA SOUNDINGS...EXPECT STORMS TO STAY ORGANIZED ENOUGH
FOR SVR THREAT TO CONTINUE OVER NEXT FEW HOURS (SEE LATEST WWAMKC).
WILL STICK WITH CURRENT FCSTS...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND
UPDATE AS NECESSARY INVOF SVR WX.

TJT

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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