Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

May 7, 1997, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)

Expired

May 7, 1997, 8:20 PM CDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Brewster County, TX, Pecos County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 080047 RRA
SVRMAF
TXC043-371-080120-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
746 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 820 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHEASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN PECOS COUNTY
 
AT 743 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 34 MILES EAST OF ALPINE OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MARATHON MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS...BUT SHOULD CROSS
HIGHWAY 385 NEAR THE PECOS/BREWSTER COUNTY LINE.

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



MDW/TJT

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 7, 2:49 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
249 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1997

TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SLOW TO RISE TODAY AS SUBTROPICAL PLUME OF
MOISTURE HAS KEPT EXTENSIVE HI CLDS OVER W TX. THIS HAS KEPT 3-5C
CAP OVER MUCH OF FA PER MODIFIED 12Z MAF SOUNDING. PLUME SHOULD PUSH
E AS W/V IMAGERY SHOWS SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM WRN NM. LOW
CLDS ALREADY CLEARED FROM MOST OF FA. EXPECT DRYLINE WILL NOT MOVE
AS FAR E THIS EVENING AS EARLIER THOUGHT WITH APPROACH OF SHORTWAVE.
STILL EXPECT A SLGT CHC OF TSRA LATE THIS EVENING AND TNGT OVER ERN
FA INVOF DRYLINE AS SHORTWAVE APPROACHES.

18Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FNT PUSHING S THROUGH FAR NRN PANHANDLES
...WITH MCONV NOTED OVER NRN SOPLNS WITH SFC TROUGH. 12Z ETA
CONSISTENT WITH EARLIER RUNS BY DEVELOPING SFC LOW OVER ERN NM THIS
EVENING...BUT MORE QUICKLY BRINGS COLD FRONT THROUGH PERMIAN BASIN
BY THU AFTN. AGREE WITH LATEST PMDSPD DISCUSSION ABOUT LIKING ETA/S
FASTER FRONTAL MOVEMENT AS NRN AND SRN STREAM FLOW ALOFT BECOMES
QUITE CONFLUENT OVER CENTRAL PLAINS AND TSRA OUTFLOW ALONG FRONT
SHOULD ALSO HELP PUSH IT SOUTH. AMPLE MOIST CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF
FRONT AND INVOF DEVELOPING LOW...AND GOOD LAPSE RATES ALOFT...
SHOULD CONTINUE CHC OF TSRA FOR NRN HALF OF FA THU AS FRONT
TRACKS S...WITH SRN ZONES ALSO SEEING A CHC BY THU NIGHT WITH
APPROACH OF FNT.

WILL GO AT OR ABOVE GUIDANCE LOWS TONIGHT...AS I EXPECT MOISTURE TO
HANG ON A LITTLE BETTER THAN PROGGED. H8 TEMPS PROGGED TO COOL DOWN
10C OR MORE BEHIND FRONT IN NRN ZONES...SO WILL GO NEAR OR BELOW
GUIDANCE OVER NRN ZONES FOR HIGHS ON THU.

MAF  63/80  2/3
CNM  61/79  2/1
MRF  53/78  -/1
P07  67/87  2/1

TJT

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