Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 10:25 AM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Reagan County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 081438 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC383-081525-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1025 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...REAGAN COUNTY
 
AT 933 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 2 MILES SOUTH OF BIG LAKE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE REAGAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED PEA
SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM 12 NILES NORTH OF BIG LAKE.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... BIG LAKE.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK R4EFUGE FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.


BOYD/BRITE
 

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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, 6 hours 1 minute 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

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.