Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Mar 21, 2000, 11:38 PM CST (05:38 UTC)

Expired

Mar 22, 2000, 12:45 AM CST

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:37 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMAF 220542
SVRMAF
NMC025-TXC003-165-220645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1138 PM CST TUE MAR 21 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEA COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO
  WESTERN ANDREWS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  WESTERN GAINES COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1245 AM CST(1145 PM MST)

* AT 1037 PM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES WEST OF JAL TO 4 MILES SOUTH
  OF HOBBS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...             
  THE INTERSECTION OF SH 115 AND FM 181...OIL CENTER...KNOWLES...
  HUMBLE CITY...MONUMENT...NADINE...HIGGINBOTHAM...PAYNES CORNER...
  FRANKEL CITY...SEMINOLE...LOVINGTON...JAL...HOBBS AND EUNICE.

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 LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LAT...LON 3214 10334 3202 10317 3210 10306 3211 10264
          3294 10264 3293 10303 3302 10339 3266 10333

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 21, 3:20 PM CST, 8 hours 18 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

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