Severe Thunderstorm Warning 301, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 20, 1997, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 1997, 7:30 PM CDT

In force

26 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Borden County, TX, Dawson County, TX

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TTAA00 KMAF 210004 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC033-115-210030-

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

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

IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

   ...WESTERN BORDEN COUNTY
   ...EASTERN DAWSON COUNTY
 
AT 702 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 14 MILES WEST OF GAIL OR 5 MILES EAST OF MIDWAY MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH`...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.


RSB/TJT

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 20, 1:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 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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