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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

April 12, 1999Lea County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1999, 10:45 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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
Apr 12, 1999, 10:45 PM MDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1999, 11:50 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Lea County, NM

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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 Apr 12, 8:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 8:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster63 min
Apr 12, 6:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLoving, Reeves, Ward62 min
Apr 12, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster49 min
Apr 12, 7:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster110 min
Apr 12, 8:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis64 min
Apr 12, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Reeves61 min
Apr 13, 12:04 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines61 min
Apr 13, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGaines24 min
Apr 13, 2:59 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFDawson, Gaines31 min
Apr 13, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton36 min
Apr 13, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin, Midland37 min
Apr 13, 4:31 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFMidland29 min
Apr 13, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson30 min
Apr 13, 4:58 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard, Martin32 min
Apr 13, 4:58 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFMidland32 min
Apr 13, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden63 min
Apr 13, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Howard, Martin30 min
Apr 13, 5:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland2 hr
Apr 13, 5:16 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFReagan29 min
Apr 13, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard45 min
Apr 13, 5:45 PM MDTTornado WarningMAFBorden, Scurry50 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.