Tornado Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Jun 8, 1997, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

47 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 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMAF 082302 RRA
TORMAF
TXC371-443-082345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED WARNING TYPE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
558 PM CDT SUN JUN 8 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND TX HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WESTERN TEXAS

   ...SOUTHEASTERN PECOS COUNTY
   ...NORTHWESTERN TERRELL COUNTY

AT 557 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY MIDLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 23 MILES NORTH OF SANDERSON MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE
ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.


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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.