Tornado Warning 30, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 4:40 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 082110 RRA
TORMAF
TXC371-443-082140-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
408 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 440 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...SOUTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY
   ...NORTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTY
 
AT 407 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND DOPPLER
RADAR 31 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.


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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.