Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
814 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

.UPDATE...
WE HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 468 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR SCURRY COUNTY.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 7 PM TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ...
     SOUTHEAST PLAINS/BLM ROSWELL/LNZ.

     HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 7 PM TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY.

TX...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM
     MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...ANDREWS...BIG
     BEND AREA...BORDEN...CRANE...DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA...
     DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...
     HOWARD...LOVING...MARFA PLATEAU...MARTIN...MIDLAND...
     MITCHELL...PECOS...PRESIDIO VALLEY...REAGAN...REEVES COUNTY
     AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...SCURRY...UPTON...VAN HORN AND
     HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR...WARD...WINKLER.

     HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 7 PM TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

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06/21

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
131 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-061845-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES-
DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-
PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
131 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 /1231 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND ALL OF
WEST TEXAS EXCEPT FOR TERRELL COUNTY. VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS
WILL LEAD TO THIS DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER SITUATION. A RED FLAG
WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR THESE AREAS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS AS STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE PERMIAN BASIN...DAVIS MOUNTAINS...UPPER TRANS PECOS...VAN HORN
AREA...AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THESE AREAS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE EXTREME
EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...EAST OF A LAMESA TO MIDLAND LINE. IF
THUNDERSTORMS CAN FORM THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING STRONG WITH
THE CHANCE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
703 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

TXZ047-048-060030-
SCURRY-BORDEN-
703 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SCURRY AND SOUTHEASTERN BORDEN
COUNTIES.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAKE J.B. THOMAS AT 703 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE.

SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
733 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

TXZ052-053-063-060100-
HOWARD-MITCHELL-GLASSCOCK-
733 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK...
SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD AND WESTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES.

AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED NEAR
FORSAN...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...STRONG
WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN.

SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
801 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

TXZ048-060130-
SCURRY-
801 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN SCURRY COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SNYDER AT
801 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
WEST TEXAS.

GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
947 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

TXZ069-070-060315-
UPTON-REAGAN-
947 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHERN UPTON AND SOUTHWESTERN
REAGAN COUNTIES.

AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING AN INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED NEAR AND
EAST OF MCCAMEY IN SOUTHERN UPTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR
LOCATION.