Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 12, 1997, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Pecos County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 122342 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC371-130030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHERN PECOS COUNTY
 
AT 640 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 18 MILES NORTH OF FORT STOCKTON OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF IMPERIAL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... IMPERIAL.

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.


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, 3 hours 38 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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