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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

June 8, 1999Reeves County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1999, 6:59 PM CDT for Reeves County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 1999, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 1999, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Reeves County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 8, 3:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	44 min
Jun 7, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Presidio	46 min
Jun 7, 7:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Jun 7, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	60 min
Jun 7, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	46 min
Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	50 min
Jun 8, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Eddy	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1999 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

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