Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 9:50 AM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Glasscock County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KMAF 081418 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC173-081450-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 950 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...EASTERN GLASSCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 914 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 9 MILES EAST OF GARDEN CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

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.

$$
BOYD/BRITE

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 3:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 42 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

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
717 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630  PM                              TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/07/97   CULBERSON

617 AM     IN FORT STOCKTON          TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/08/97   PECOS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
717 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

630  PM                              TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/07/97   CULBERSON

617 AM     IN FORT STOCKTON          TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/08/97   PECOS

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

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