1 hail, 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 Aug 29, 1:35 AM MST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 335 AM CDT THU AUG 29 2002 MCS CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHERN TX PANHANDLE AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS CONTINUES TO TRACK TO THE SOUTHEAST PER AREA 88-D RADARS. FORECAST CONCERNS THIS ROUND WILL CENTER ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MCS IS HEADED FOR OUR NORTHEAST ZONES. KMAF 88-D ALSO SHOWING ECHOES OVER SOUTHERN EDDY COUNTY NEW MEXICO INTO THE UPPER TRANS PECOS. THESE ECHOES LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY. IN GENERAL...HIGHEST POPS NORTHEAST WITH AT LEAST ISOLATED POPS ELSEWHERE TODAY. WINDS WILL BE A CHALLENGE AS LOCATION OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL BE DETERMINING FACTOR. TEMPS WILL BE COOLER FOR MOST AREAS TODAY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN ZONES WHERE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL DROP HIGHS TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. TEMPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS WILL DROP ONLY A FEW DEGREES. AS FOR TOMORROW...WITH AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CWFA ZONES...DAYTIME HEATING AND A DECENT 700- 500MB THETA-E RIDGE OVER THE AREA...WE HAVE OPTED TO ADD POPS OVER THE PLAINS FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. BEYOND FRIDAY...THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH STILL LOOKS TO BE THE DOMINANT PLAYER IN THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE LATEST RUN OF THE GFS IS STRONGER WITH AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY SUNDAY EVENING...WITH NW FLOW ALOFT OVER THE TX PANHANDLE/LOW ROLLING PLAINS. ECMWF...UKMET AND CANADIAN MODELS ARE STRONGER WITH THE HIGH AND FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE CURRENT FORECAST INTACT. PRELIM NUMBERS... MAF 093/069/091/068 3322 LSA 088/067/090/066 5322 6R6 098/074/093/072 1111 MRF 090/060/089/059 2222 CNM 094/069/094/067 2211 FST 097/072/093/070 1111 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. PLATT
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:00 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm developed in the early morning hours of the 29th and exhibited supercellular characteristics. The storm resulted in nickel size hail near Tatum.
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