Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 12, 1997, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 1997, 5:40 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Terrell County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 122152 RRA
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TXC443-122240-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
450 PM CDT THU JUN 12 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 540 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN TERRELL COUNTY
 
AT 449 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANDERSON OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DRYDEN MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.


EARLE

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
301 PM CDT (201 PM MDT) THU JUN 12 1997

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AT 18Z INDICATE A WEAK TROUGH/DRYLINE EXTENDING
FROM EAST OF AMA THROUGH JUST WEST OF LBB...THROUGH BGS TO EAST OF
P07.  TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING NICELY DUE TO DOWNSLOPE WINDS WEST OF
THE EASTWARD MOVING DRYLINE WITH CNM AT 97F AT 1PM MDT. INSTABILITIES
AND CAP VALUES LOWER WEST TO EAST...WITH LIS -6 AT MAF INCREASING TO
-10 EAST OF BGS.  SURFACE DEW POINT VALUES AT MAF RAPIDLY DROPPED
FROM 19C TO 09C IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS AS THE DRYLINE PASSED
THROUGH...AND WESTERLY WINDS AT KGDP ARE STEADILY ON THE INCREASE.

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES AN UPSTREAM MID/UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE
OVER NEW MEXICO WHICH SHOULD MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS TONIGHT.  CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG DRYLINE OVER OR
EAST OF THE FAR EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN IN RESPONSE TO LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRYLINE...INSTABILITIES AND INCREASING
WINDS ALOFT.  OTHERWISE...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO
FRIDAY.  ALL POPS BELOW ARE ZERO.

MAF  66/97
CNM  66/93
MRF  58/84
P07  69/98

FAGEN/MATHEWS

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