Tornado Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

May 26, 1999, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1999, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

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.

999 
WFUS1 KMAF 270143 RRA
TORMAF
TXC475-495-270215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND-ODESSA TX
842 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WARD COUNTY IN TEXAS
  SOUTHWESTERN WINKLER COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PYOTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE...
   WICKETT...PYOTE AND MONAHANS. THIS STORM WILL ALSO AFFECT
   PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 20.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS 
STORM. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND 
TORNADOES.

MOTORISTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ABANDON VEHICLES FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER TAKE COVER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...TAKE COVER IN A DITCH OR CULVERT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3176 10325 3161 10336 3143 10324 3134 10291
          3161 10283

DJK

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 26, 2:14 PM CDT, 6 hours 28 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
214 PM CDT (114 PM MDT) WED MAY 26 1999

STRATUS DECK HAS FORMED OVER MUCH OF THE CWA...HOWEVER IS BEGINNING
TO BURN OFF FROM THE WEST. THIS DECK OF LOW CLOUDS WILL DELAY THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
HOURS. CURRENTLY A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IS PUSHING ITS WAY SOUTH
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS/NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. LOOKING AT
PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE FRONT INDICATE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE A SLOW
PUSH TO THE SOUTH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MEANWHILE AN UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM LOCATED OVER NRN NM IS PROGD TO EJECT A SUBSTANTIAL PIECE OF
ENERGY ACROSS WEST TEXAS BETWEEN OOZ AND 06Z TONIGHT. GIVEN THE
ALREADY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA...THIS IN COMBINATION
WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR A RATHER INTERESTING
NIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. TOMORROW COULD SEE MORE OF THE SAME AS
ANOTHER VORT MAX ROLLS ACROSS THE AREA. FRIDAY WILL LIKELY GET A
SMALL BREAK FROM THE DAY TO DAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER FOR
THE EXTENDED WILL BE BACK INTO A PATTERN OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUDNERSTORMS CWA WIDE.

MAF 060/082 060/086 4322
CNM 058/082 058/086 3222
MRF 052/082 052/085 2222
P07 065/086 065/089 4322

MARTIN

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