Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 7:30 AM CDT

In force

60 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 11:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KMAF 081132
SVRMAF

TXC371-081230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
630 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...PECOS COUNTY
 
AT 627 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 8 MILES EAST OF FORT STOCKTON
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
QUARTER SIZED HAIL OUT OF THIS STORM.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

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 DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.


SVG/TAH
 

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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 3:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
334 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

LATEST KMAF 88D DATA INDICATES ACTIVITY IN SOUTHEAST NM IS PULSING.
TRW MOVING INTO ANDREWS COUNTY HAS INTENSIFIED DURING THE LAST
20 MINUTES. MODELS INDICATE THIS AREA HAS BEST UPPER-LEVEL DIFLUENCE
IN THE WIND FIELD. THUS...WOULD EXPECT ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE FOR AT
LEAST THE NEXT 2 HOURS. MODELS CONTINUE A WEAKLY DEFINED SURFACE
TROF/CONVERGENCE ZONE ACROSS NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS THROUGH 48
HOURS. THUS...BELIEVE TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE SIMILAR TO LAST 24
HOURS. AGREE WITH KLBB DISCUSSION...CONTINUE POPS AS IN PREVIOUS
PACKAGE FOR MOST OF TEXAS ZONES DURING FIRST TWO PERIODS.
ALSO...WOULD RECOMMEND CONTINUING POPS FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
AS IN PREVIOUS PACKAGE.

TEMPERATURE NUMBERS REPRESENT A MIX OF AVN AND NGM NUMBERS.

THANKS TO KLBB FOR COORDINATION!

MAF 81/63 40/40
CNM 84/57 30/20
MRF 82/53 30/20
P07 83/68 40/40

HUBER/GRIFFIN

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.