Tornado Warning 4, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Apr 13, 1999, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)

Expired

Apr 13, 1999, 4:30 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Dawson County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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999 
WFUS1 KMAF 132101 RRA
TORMAF
TXC115-165-132130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
359 PM CDT TUE APR 13 1999

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN TEXAS
  SOUTHEASTERN GAINES COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 22 MILES WEST OF LAMESA...OR
  ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE STORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  OVER SAND AT 410 PM CDT
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMESA 430 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THIS AREA. 

LAT...LON 3266 10243 3252 10231 3275 10182 3294 10197

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 13, 1:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
135 PM CDT TUE APR 13 1999

DOING DISCUSSION A LITTLE EARLY TODAY. UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING
EWD OVER ERN AZ/WRN NM AREA THIS HOUR...RESULTING IN FAVORABLE UPPER
LEVEL DIFLUENCE ACROSS THE MAF CWA. DRYLINE IN ERN NM BEGINNING TO
PROGRESS EWD...WITH CONVECTION BEGINNING TO DEVELOP...ALTHOUGH
SOMEWHAT SLOWLY DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A CAP. SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE IS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS.
IF THE CAP MANAGES TO BREAK BEFORE THE DRYLINE ARRIVES...SHOULD SEE
SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONVECTION DEVELOP. SFC BASED CAPES 2000-2500
J/KG ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AT THIS HOUR AND
INCREASING AS DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUES. IN ADDITION...LOW LEVEL SELY
FLO AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE IS RESULTING IN A FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE
HODOGRAPH. CONVECTION SHOULD CLEAR OUT OF THE MAF CWA THIS EVENING...
WITH EVERYTHING EVENTUALLY SWEEPING EWD AS THE PAC FRONT COMES
THROUGH AND A DRY SLOT ROTATES AROUND THE APPROACHING LOW. IT APPEARS
THAT THE UPPER LOW WILL TRACK INTO THE PANHANDLE BY TOMORROW MORNING.
WILL ANTICIPATE SOME WRAP AROUND CLOUDINESS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE CWA TOMORROW...PER MODEL FORECASTS AND CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS
INVOF LOW. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR OUT NICELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER
LOW PROGRESSES EWD.

PRELIM NUMBERS
MAF 48/70/38/72 2-00
CNM 46/65/41/73 0000
MRF 40/61/34/64 0000
P07 51/73/46/75 3000

DJK

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