Severe Thunderstorm Warning 357, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Oct 7, 1997, 5:44 PM MDT (23:44 UTC)

Expired

Oct 7, 1997, 6:30 PM MDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
644 PM CDT (544 PM MDT) TUE OCT 7 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT (730 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHEASTERN LEA COUNTY
 
AT 539 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS IN THE VICINITY OF
LOVINGTON MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS AFTER IT MOVES
THROUGH LOVINGTON.  HOWEVER... IT MAY BRUSH THE EASTERN PORTIONS
OF TATUM BY 6 PM.  THIS STORM DOWNED POWER LINES BETWEEN LOVINGTON
AND HOBBS ON HIGHWAY 18.

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 dTHE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.


EARLE
 

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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 7, 1:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
255 PM CDT TUE OCT 7 1997

LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY AND KMAF WSR-88D DATA INDICATING
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. BELIEVE UPSLOPE
AND AFTERNOON HEATING THE DRIVING FORCES HERE. ELSEWHERE...SKIES ARE
BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LATEST LDS DATA SHOWS INTENSITY OF SYSTEM
MOVING INTO EASTERN AZ ATTM.

MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT. EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS
TO RETURN LATER TONIGHT AS SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW CONTINUES. BEST
CHANCES FOR POPS WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS MAJOR SHORT-WAVE TROF
MOVES INTO WESTERN FA. BEST FORCING WILL BE NORTH OF FA.
HOWEVER...GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SURFACE CONVERGENCE ZONE MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SKIES WILL CLEAR TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR MOST OF WESTERN ZONES.
HOWEVER...EASTERN EDGE OF FA COULD SEE SOME TRW ACTIVITY CONTINUING
INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IN SHORT...TIMING NOT THE BEST FOR SEVERE
WX...BUT SCATTERED TRWS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL FA AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES...FWC GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD FOR FIRST TWO PERIODS.

THANKS TO KLBB FOR COORDINATION!

MAF 63/79 40/10
CNM 60/75 30/--
MRF 53/75 20/10
P07 65/85 40/20

HUBER/GRIFFIN

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