Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

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WWUS54 KMAF 080236
SVSMAF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
936 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

NMC015-080315-
/O.CON.KMAF.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-091008T0315Z/
EDDY NM-
936 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT
FOR WESTERN EDDY COUNTY...

AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18
MILES WEST OF SEVEN RIVERS...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ARTESIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...HOPE...
ARTESIA AND COTTONWOOD.

LAT...LON 3295 10416 3243 10428 3247 10442 3202 10474
      3202 10484 3244 10485 3252 10484 3296 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 205DEG 43KT 3254 10472

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
628 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

.DISCUSSION...
SEE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...
THUNDERSTORMS AND FOG WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS RETURNING AFTER 06Z AND
LASTING THROUGH 15Z TO 17Z THURSDAY. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH ENOUGH TO
INCLUDE PREDOMINATE TSRA CONDITION FOR A FEW HOURS LATE TONIGHT AT
KHOB AND KCNM. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN BY LATE THURSDAY
MORNING.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 307 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009/

DISCUSSION...
A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
CENTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A SURFACE WARM FRONT EXTENDS
FROM FAR WEST TEXAS THROUGH THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS/MARFA PLATEAU...AND
THEN ACROSS THE EDWARDS PLATEAU. A STRATUS DECK HAS HELD STRONG
NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AND EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...WHERE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES HAVE ONLY WARMED INTO THE 60S. TEMPERATURES ARE
IN THE 80S+ SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT WHERE SKIES HAVE CLEARED.

THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE VAN HORN CORRIDOR...UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION AND PERMIAN
BASIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...SPREADING INCREASED
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NORTHWARD. LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL SPREAD ACROSS
THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE
REGION OF A 120+ KNOT JET THAT WILL STRETCH ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW
MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS. THE
COMBINATION OF THIS INCREASED LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER JET AND
THE INCREASING MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHWARD MOVING FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND THE
NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN/TRAINING
THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING IN
THESE AREAS...AND WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THIS POTENTIAL IN THE HWO.
STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING/TONIGHT...BUT LAPSE RATES/INSTABILITY
WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. THUS...AGREE WITH SPC SEE TEXT AREA WHICH
HIGHLIGHTS THE CONDITIONAL SEVERE POTENTIAL. THE LOW TEMPERATURE
FORECAST WILL BE CHALLENGING TONIGHT. AS SURFACE DEWPOINTS INCREASE
FROM THE SOUTH...OVERNIGHT MINS SHOULD BE WARMER.

THE SOUTHWESTERN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL FINALLY LIFT EASTWARD
THURSDAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST AREAS
EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY. LIFT WILL THEN BECOME FOCUSED ACROSS
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AHEAD
OF THE APPROACHING PACIFIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY. AS SUCH...THE BEST
CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED FROM THE PERMIAN
BASIN TO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION AFTER 00Z THURSDAY...MOST
LIKELY MAINLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A COLD FRONT IS STILL IN
LINE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING...AND TEMPERATURES
WILL BE COOLER FRIDAY WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE IN PLACE...PARTICULARLY
ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN.

THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK IS STILL
UNCERTAIN. A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL PLUNGE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS THIS WEEKEND. THE GFS STILL INDICATES SOME OF THIS
COOLER AIR INFILTRATING THE NORTHERN CWFA LATE SATURDAY/SUNDAY. HAVE
KEPT TEMPERATURES COOLER THAN MOS GUIDANCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A
SECONDARY SURGE OF COLDER AIR STILL LOOKS TO ARRIVE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY. HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND OF THE GFS/ECMWF GUIDANCE...WHICH
SUPPORTS GOING SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW MOS GUIDANCE BOTH DAYS.

&&

.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...NONE.
TX...NONE.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1059 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075-
079>082-258-081600-
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-
1059 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2009 /959 AM MDT WED OCT 7 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS MOST AREAS.
AS SUNSHINE INCREASES ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS MOUNTAINS FROM NEAR
VAN HORN SOUTHWARD ISOLATED STORMS WILL FORM. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
POSSIBLE.

INTO THE EVENING THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL INCREASE ACROSS AREAS
FROM AROUND VAN HORN...TO THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...EXTENDING
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. THERE WILL BE
SUFFICIENT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER. STORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH EDDY COUNTY WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCAL FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND ARROYOS. THE HEAVY
RAIN CONCERN WILL SHIFT INTO EAST EDDY COUNTY AND THEN PARTS OF
LEA COUNTY LATER TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH
STORMS THAT DEVELOP TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN
BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP.

.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
630 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

TXZ080-080000-
MARFA PLATEAU-
630 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY.

A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS DETECTED 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MARFA AT 629 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
729 PM CDT WED OCT 07 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     HAIL             PANTHER JUNCTION        29.33N 103.20W
10/07/2009  E1.75 INCH       BREWSTER           TX   OTHER FEDERAL

&&

JAMIE.GUDMESTAD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
801 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

TXZ079-080-080130-
PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-
801 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY.

THREE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY
AT 755 PM CDT. ONE STRONG STORM WAS NEAR BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED OVER OPEN COUNTRY 15 MILES NORTH OF
BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK. A THIRD STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN OPEN
COUNTRY 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF BIG BEND RANCH STATE PARK. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN PRESIDIO COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
806 PM CDT WED OCT 07 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0639 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TERLINGUA               29.32N 103.62W
10/07/2009                   BREWSTER           TX   OTHER FEDERAL

            2 AND A HALF FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. ROADS IN THE
            BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK ARE BEING BARRICADED

&&

JAMIE.GUDMESTAD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
816 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

NMZ027-028-TXZ058-258-080145-
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
816 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTIES.

AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
MONITORING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PINE SPRINGS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...STRONG WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THIS STORM WILL IMPACT U.S. HIGHWAY 62 180 AND THE GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.

SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IF THIS STORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
844 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

TXZ057-258-080215-
VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
844 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...

THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CULBERSON COUNTY.

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GUADALUPE PASS AT 744 PM
CDT/844 PM CDT/...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS TO 55 MPH... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.