Tornado Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 7, 1997, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1997, 8:25 PM CDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Culberson County, TX

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS1 KMAF 080039 RRA
TORMAF
TXC109-080125-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
738 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 825 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...NORTHERN CULBERSON COUNTY
 
AT 733 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND DOPPLER
RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS 49 MILES NORTH OF VAN HORN OR 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PINE SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. A TORNADO HAD
EARLIER BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR THE HUDSPETH/CULBERSON
COUNTY LINE.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS EAST OF
HIGHWAY 54.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.


TWE/TJT/JLF
 

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