Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Mar 21, 2000, 7:59 PM CST (01:59 UTC)

Expired

Mar 21, 2000, 8:30 PM CST

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Scurry County, TX

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS54 KMAF 220200
SVRMAF
TXC415-220230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
759 PM CST TUE MAR 21 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SCURRY COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 758 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUDD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...HUDD.

HAILSTONES AS LARGE AS DIMES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A
GARAGE IF TIME PERMITS.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 57 MPH...DEADLY LI[GHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 3288 10092 3276 10077 3294 10067 3295 10078

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 21, 3:20 PM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
320 PM CST TUE MAR 21 2000

UPPER LOW STILL TAKING ITS SWEET TIME MOVING THROUGH AZ.  RADAR
MOSAICS INDICATING AN AREA OF SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO IN THE PVA AREA OF THIS UPPER LEVEL FEATURE.  THIS PRECIP AS
BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY (E/W) THROUGHOUT THE DAY BUT HAS CONTINUED
TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.  EXPECT THIS TO
CONTINUE AS UPPER LEVEL FEATURE BEGINS ITS EASTWARD TRACK.
ELSEWHERE IN CLOUD FREE AREAS ACROSS WEST TEXAS THE ATMOSPHERE
CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE RESULTING IN CU/TCU FIELDS ACROSS PORTIONS
OF WEST TEXAS.  AS SWODY1 INDICATES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED NORTH OF THE MAF
CWA AND THE DRYLINE LOCATED EAST OF THE MAF CWA.  AFTER SUNSET
EXPECT GULF MOISTURE AND DRYLINE TO RETURN TO THE AREA PROVIDING
PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR CONVECTION.  AM NOT SURE WHEN AND
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH PLENTY OF
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE AND WITH ENERGY BEING EJECTED OUT OF THE
LOW LOCATED OVER AZ/NM HAVE INCLUDED SOME SCT POPS MOST AREAS
TONIGHT.  TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE AREA
WITH THINGS TAPERING OFF BY TOMORROW EVENING AS DRYLINE RACES OFF
TO THE EAST.

THE PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE BELOW IS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY.
OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEST TEXAS/SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO ZONE FORECAST.

MAF  55/71/46/73    3550
LSA  45/67/42/70    3550
E41  57/72/48/75    3550
6R6  57/75/52/75    3440
MRF  47/72/40/72    2330
CNM  43/69/42/72    3330

.MAF...
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.

MARTIN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.