Tornado Warning 27, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Issued

Mar 22, 2000, 7:29 PM CST (01:29 UTC)

Expired

Mar 22, 2000, 8:30 PM CST

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Mitchell 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.

000 
WFUS54 KMAF 230138
TORMAF
TXC335-230230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
729 PM CST WED MAR 22 2000

THE MIDLAND-ODESSA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 727 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A  
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF          
  WESTBROOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC STORM INCLUDE...    
  CUTHBERT...WESTBROOK AND COLORADO CITY.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS STORM AND HAS HAD LARGE HAIL AND 
TORNADOES REPORTED WITH IT AS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST HOWARD AND 
NORTHERN STERLING COUNTY.  

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO NOA-A WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3223 10117 3210 10107 3214 10076 3235 10074
          3249 10072 3250 10092 3248 10114

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.