Tornado Warning 9, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Apr 13, 1999, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)

Expired

Apr 13, 1999, 7:35 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Borden County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 132346 RRA
TORMAF
TXC033-415-140035-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS
  SCURRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 735 PM CDT

* AT 644 PM CDT... MIDLAND DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF SNYDER OR 5 MILES WEST OF KNAPP... MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... KNAPP... IRA AND
  SNYDER.

IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

JD


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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 13, 1:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 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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