1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 20, 2:24 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED CCF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 210 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001 WATER VAPOR SHOWS WELL DEFINED SHRTWV TROF MVG E ACRS SRN NM WHILE LOW LEVEL WLY PUSH GATHERING MOMENTUM AS GDP 24021KT WITH FALLING DWPNT. SHRTWV TROF ENERGY MVG INTO MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH 7H-5H LRS GREATER THAN 7.5 C/KM AND SFC DWPNTS MID 60S. THIS WITH SFC TEMPS N90 IS YIELDING SB CAPES NEAR 3K J/KG...STILL SOME WORK WITH NEAR 100 CINH. SIGNS OF BACKING LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD ON KMAFS VWP...AS SUCH EXPECT SUFFICIENT MSTR TO BE IN PLACE FOR A FEW ISOLD STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS MAINLY E OF LINE FROM KHOB TO MARATHON. LOOKING UPSTREAM AT WSM PROFILER 3H WINDS IS 35KTS AND WITH SFC-85H WINDS AROUND 10KTS EXPECT VWS WILL LIMIT SVR THREAT SOMEWHAT. SURFACE TROF TO BE FARTHER W TMW ALLOWING INCREASED MSTR/INSTABILITY IN MTNS/ERN NM. WITH NW STEERING FLOW EXPECT TO SEE MORE STORMS IN WRN PLAINS ADJACENT TO MTNS...MVG FARTHER E DURING THE EVENING. UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES FROM SWRN U.S. INTO NRN ROCKIES WHILE GREAT LAKES RGN TROF DEEPENING SETTING STAGE FOR FROPA ON SUNDAY. AVN INDICATING ABUNDANCE OF LOW CLOUDS IN WAKE OF FRONT THRU TUESDAY MORNING WITH SIGNIFICANT COOLING IN 85H TEMPS SO MON/TUES TO HAVE A TASTE OF FALL. MAF 67/90/65/87 3232 LSA 64/86/64/85 3232 6R6 69/92/67/88 2222 MRF 57/86/56/79 2332 CNM 65/91/63/89 2332 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-211000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 253 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2001 .SYNOPSIS... ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRAVERSING NEW MEXICO TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...WILL SPREAD OR DEVELOP EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. .THREATS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE FROM THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS INTO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING. AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOST UNSTABLE OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PERMIAN BASIN. THEREFORE... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A MALJAMAR TO JAL TO MIDLAND TO GARDEN CITY LINE. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. HEAVY RAIN... DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE AND EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAIN WILL POSE A THREAT THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND SURROUNDING PLAINS...WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AKL
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power poles were reported blown down approximately 8 miles north of Lamesa.
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