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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 21, 1998Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1998, 6:40 PM CDT for Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 1998, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1998, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Midland County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 21, 6:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind(Maf) Midland Intl, TXThe storm complex that caused the strong winds at the airport moved slowly to the west and another downburst uprooted gas pumps and the attached canopy at a convenience store.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 21, 2:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
243 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 1998

WEAK CIRCULATION CONTINUES TO DRIFT TOWARDS TX BIG BEND FROM DEL RIO
AREA. A GOOD COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY SEEN AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE S AND E OF BIG BEND. OTHER SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES
OVER THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AT THIS TIME. HAVE RECENTLY
SEEN WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NE PERMIAN BASIN...
THANKS TO LIFT FROM APPROACHING UPPER CIRCULATION AND ENHANCED
CONVECTIVE ROLLS IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. EXPECT WIDELY ISOLATED/
WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY TO PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNSET EAST OF THE
PECOS RIVER...WITH WIDELY SCATTERED/SCATTERED COVERAGE HANGING ON
SLIGHTLY LONGER WEST OF THE PECOS IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER
CIRCULATION.

WILL MAKE THIS BASICALLY A PERSISTENCE FORECAST WITH RESPECT TO
TEMPERATURE AND WINDS. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHER POPS IN THE
MOUNTAINS...AND WILL RAISE POPS EAST OF THE PECOS TO <20% WEDNESDAY
DUE TO ENHANCED MOISTURE AND SOURCE OF LIFT FROM SLOW-
MOVING UPPER CIRCULATION.

MAF  75/98  10/10
CNM  70/99  20/20
MRF  59/84  30/20
P07  76/96  10/--

TJT/RJN

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.