Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 8:40 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 090055 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC043-371-443-090140-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 840 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...EASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY
   ...TERRELL COUNTY
 
AT 753 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDERSON MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOTED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SANDERSON...MOVING EAST 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.


TJT/RSB

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 2:23 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
222 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

SEVERE WX AND FLASH FLOODING IN PROGRESS FROM THE NRN PERMIAN BASIN/
SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS..TO JUST WEST OF ODESSA..TO FST..TO THE BIG
BEND COUNTRY. A NEG TILT UPPER LOW OVER NE AZ WILL LIFT OUT AND
SLOWLY FILL OVERNIGHT. THIS SHUD HELP DIMINISH PCPN CHANCES FOR
TMRW. HOWEVER.. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THRU
TUESDAY. LOW CLOUDS HAVE HUNG TOUGH OVER THE NRN AND ERN CWA..
THEREFORE THE TEMPS HAVE NOT RISEN AS MUCH AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
ANOTHER UPPER SYSTEM OFF THE NRN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL DIG IN TO
REPLACE THE FIRST ONE FOR THE FIRST PART OF THIS WEEK. WILL STAY
CLOSE TO COOLER FAN NUMBERS.J THANKS FOR EARLIER COOR SJT..LBB..AND
ABQ.

MAF  62/87  70/30
CNM  60/94  50/20
MRF  55/85  40/20
P07  69/89  60/40

BOYD/BRITE

In the hours before

NMZ027>029-TXZ045-050-059-060-082325-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
549 PM CDT (449 PM MDT) SUN JUN 8 1997

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR GAINES... ANDREWS... WINKLER... LOVING...
LEA AND EDDY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED EAST.  THEREFORE... THE
TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES.

TXZ045-050>052-057>063-067>070-074-075-081-082-090200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
656 PM CDT (556 PM MDT) SUN JUN 8 1997

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 394 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM FOR
ALL OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND UPPER TRANS-PECOS.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 396 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
BREWSTER...PECOS...AND TERRELL COUNTIES OF WEST TEXAS.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET...FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

RSB

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

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