Severe Thunderstorm Warning 299, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 20, 1997, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 1997, 6:40 PM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX

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TTAA00 KMAF 202238 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC115-165-202340-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
537 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 640 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY
   ...EASTERN GAINES COUNTY
 
AT 534 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 16 MILES WEST OF LAMESA OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAND
MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING PERSONS ON HIGHWAY 180.

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


MURDOCH/BOYD

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 20, 1:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
148 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

KMAF 88D INDICATES CONVECTION DEVELOPING W OF THE PECOS INVOF OF
EVOLVING DRYLINE AND IN AREA OF LOW-LEVEL MSTR CONVERGENCE PER 12Z
RUC. DWPNTS AT KMRF HAVE DROPPED IN THE 40S WITH WLY WINDS...FURTHER
E DWPNTS ARE SLOWLY FALLING INTO THE M50S WITH CAPES AROUND 1500
J/KG. WILL LOOK FOR WIDELY SCATTERED HIGH-BASED STORMS TO CONTINUE
DEVELOP THRU THE AFTERNOON WITH THREAT SLOWLY SHIFTING E AS TEMPS
CLIMB INTO THE MID TO U90S. LOW-LEVEL WINDS SWLY ATTM ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA...HOWEVER WINDS EXPECTED TO BACK TO THE S EARLY THIS
EVENING AND STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE DEEPENING SURFACE LOW INVOF WRN
KS. THEREFORE WILL LOOK FOR MSTR TO GENERALLY REMAIN IN PLACE OR
RETURN WARRANTING WIDELY SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE PB AS FAR E AS
KMAF THRU THIS EVENING. 7H SHEAR AXIS EVIDENT ON GRIDDS TO THE NW TO
REMAIN IN PLACE THRU TMRW WITH INDICATIONS OF LESS INSTABILITY...7H
THERMAL RIDGE TO PERSIST AS WELL AND WILL OPT TO KEEP DRY FCST GOING.

MAF 69/97 20/-
CNM 66/99 20/-
MRF 58/92 20/-
P07 70/95 10/-

MURDOCH/BRITE

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