Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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WWUS54 KMAF 261008
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
505 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

TXC495-261015-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050526T1015Z/
WINKLER-
505 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR  
WINKLER COUNTY...

AT 453 AM CDT...A WIND GUST OF 63 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE WINKLER 
COUNTY AIRPORT. AT 505 AM CDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF WINK...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF KERMIT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 
25 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE OF A STURDY BUILDING.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...KERMIT 
AND WINK

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS... DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER... 
YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER 
NOW.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY... CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN MIDLAND AT 1 800 597 3220.

LAT...LON 3198 10335 3166 10334 3166 10295 3188 10297

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
400 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2005

HAVE BEEN WORKING SEVERE WEATHER SINCE ARRIVED... SO NOT MUCH TIME
TO UPDATE FORECAST.  EXPECT ONGOING STORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN TO SLOWLY GRIND SOUTHEAST.
NEW STORMS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING ACROSS PERMIAN BASIN.  BASICALLY LOOKS
STORMY AGAIN TODAY AND MOST OF AREA IN SLIGHT RISK AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY
AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL HELP GENERATE NEW STORMS THROUGH THE DAY.
EXPECT CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS PECOS REGION TO HAVE HIGHEST
CHANCES FOR PRECIP TODAY.  RAISED POPS TONIGHT TO CHANCE FOR MOST OF
REGION.  MADE FEW CHANGES TO REST OF FORECAST.  HAVE INHERITED A HIGH
WIND WARNING FOR GDP... WILL LET IT CONTINUE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BIG SPRING TX              76  62  79  61 /  50  30  40  50
CARLSBAD NM                80  60  81  62 /  50  30  50  40
DRYDEN TX                  86  65  85  68 /  50  50  20  50
FORT STOCKTON TX           82  63  83  64 /  50  50  30  50
GUADALUPE PASS TX          75  58  79  53 /  40  30  50  40
HOBBS NM                   79  60  79  62 /  50  20  50  40
MARFA TX                   80  58  83  54 /  30  40  30  40
MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX    78  62  80  62 /  50  40  40  50
ODESSA TX                  78  63  82  62 /  50  40  40  50
WINK TX                    85  63  88  65 /  50  40  40  50

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY
      FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONE...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY
      COUNTY.
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 10 AM CDT THURSDAY
      FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONE...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
314 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-261929-
ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE-
DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES-
GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-
HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-
TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER-
314 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005 (214 PM MDT WED MAY 25 2005)

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS GENERALLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL LATE
TONIGHT.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH COULD RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT.
A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS.  THE
STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH FRIDAY.  THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING...THURSDAY MORNING AS
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WINDS DOWN.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN
THREATS.  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.  SINCE THE
GROUND MAY STILL BE SATURATED FROM RAINFALL ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY...FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...AND SPOOTER GROUPS
SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST INFORMATION.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...
AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE)
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND