Tornado Warning 12, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Apr 29, 1999, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)

Expired

Apr 29, 1999, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Culberson County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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999 
WFUS1 KMAF 300055 RRA
TORMAF
TXC109-389-300130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
752 PM CDT THU APR 29 1999

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CULBERSON COUNTY IN TEXAS
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN REEVES COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
  CULBERSON COUNTY...ABOUT 32 MILES WEST OF MENTONE...MOVING   
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES AND DIAMETER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3180 10425 3170 10408 3193 10392 3199 10397
          3202 10414

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 29, 2:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
210 PM CDT THU APR 29 1999

SFC BOUNDARY AND LOW CLOUDS ARE RETARDING HEATING ACROSS MOST AREAS
EAST OF THE PECOS TODAY...ALTHOUGH CLOUD COVER PRESENTLY BEGINNING
TO ERODE NEAR THE SFC BOUNDARY. WEST OF THE PECOS SFC TEMPS ARE MUCH
HIGHER...BUT MOISTURE LEVELS ARE A BIT LOWER...TOO. I FEEL THAT THE
BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION TODAY WOULD BE AFTERNOON
DEVELOPMENT ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE SFC BOUNDARY. ANY STORMS THAT
FORM AND MOVE NEWD INTO THE MORE MOIST AIR ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN
WOULD ENCOUNTER CAPE VALUES IN THE RANGE OF 2000-2500+ J/KG.
HODOGRAPH ALSO LOOKING MORE AND MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF ROTATING STORMS TONIGHT. AS FOR TOMORROW...PESKY UPPER LEVEL LOW
STILL HANING AROUND OVER NV/AZ REGION WITH A STRONGER SWLY FLO
ALOFT. WIND SHEAR PROFILES LOOK EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE TOMORROW...WITH
STRONGER LOW LEVEL SELY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION...MORE MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY...AND STRONGER WINDS ALOFT. ON TOP OF ALL THIS...MODELS
KICK OUT A SHORTWAVE FROM THE LOW AND PROG IT TO MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS. WHILE WE DO HAVE
SOME FACTORS TODAY THAT MAY COUNT AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
CONVECTION...I SEE LITTLE IF ANY REASON TO DOUBT THE FORMATION OF
SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION TOMORROW...AND THE MAF CWA COULD EVEN SEE A
TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM OR TWO. LOOKING INTO SATURDAY...UPPER LOW
SHOULD BE APPROACHING FROM OUR WEST. WILL KEEP QUITE A FEW CLOUDS
AROUND WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR TSTMS.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
MAF 60/79/56/78 4354
CNM 55/80/51/78 3444
MRF 45/75/47/73 2232
P07 57/81/60/79 4343

DJK

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