Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 11, 1997, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 1997, 8:25 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Borden County, TX

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

440 
WUUS1 KMAF 120040 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC033-120125-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
738 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 825 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...BORDEN COUNTY
 
AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMESA OR 10 MILES WEST OF
MESQUITE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... PLAINS AND MESQUITE.

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.


HUBER/EARLE

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 11, 3:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
309 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997

CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES SOME DEVELOPMENT IN SE NM ATTM.
SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES A TROF EXTENDING FROM WESTERN OK
SOUTHWEST TO NEAR KHOB. THIS TROF...WHICH SHOWS ON LATEST KMAF
WSR-88D DATA...COULD SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR TRW DEVELOPMENT. ALSO...
LATEST WSR-88D DATA INDICATES ANOTHER BOUNDARY (POSSIBLE DRYLINE
WITH KINK DEWPOINT AT 52 AND KMAF AT 61) EXTENDS ALONG A
KHOB-KERMIT-KFST LINE. WITH LI VALUES IN THE -8 TO -10 RANGE...ANY
TRWS WHICH FORM TO THE WEST WILL MOVE INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS
AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER...A QUICK LOOK AT THE JAYTON AND
WHITE SANDS PROFILERS INDICATE MOVEMENT WILL BE SLOW TOWARD THE
EAST. THUS...FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO A CONCERN.

MODELS PUSH TROF THROUGH FA BY TOMORROW MORNING WITH WINDY
CONDITIONS TOMORROW AFTERNOON. TIMING OF THE TROF WILL BE THE
CHALLENGE FOR POPS FOR THE SECOND AND POSSIBLY THE THIRD PERIODS. IF
ETA AND NGM VERIFY...TROF COULD BE NORTH/SOUTH ACROSS OUR EASTERN FA
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THUS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED POPS MAY BE
BEST FOR THESE ZONES DURING SECOND PERIOD. ALSO...EXPECT 700 MB
TEMPS TO WARM TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...NOT SURE THIS CAP WILL
COMPLETELY SUPPRESS ALL ACTIVITY IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS ESPECIALLY
GIVEN STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IN THE LOWER LEVELS AND OROGRAPHICS.
THEREFORE... RECOMMEND INCLUDING SOME POPS FOR THIS AREA FOR
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES...GUIDANCE NUMBERS APPEAR ON TRACK FOR OVERNIGHT
LOWS. HOWEVER...WITH TROF PUSHING THROUGH TOMORROW...BELIEVE KCNM
NUMBERS TOO LOW.

THANKS TO KLBB FOR COORDINATION!

MAF 65/96 20/10
CNM 64/99 2 0/--
MRF 60/90 20/20
P07 70/92 10/10

HUBER/FRANCIS

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