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 Apr 18, 2:53 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 353 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002 THE DRYLINE HAS POSITIONED ITSELF ALONG A GAIL...MIDLAND...SANDERSON LINE THIS AFTERNOON. SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...KEEPING SKIES PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. CONVECTION WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS CRANE AND MIDLAND COUNTIES AT 20Z. EXPECT ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. THE DRYLINE WILL MOVE BACK TO THE WEST AGAIN THIS EVENING...WITH WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE NEXT FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS AREA LATE FRIDAY AND SHOULD STALL OUT JUST NORTH OF OUR CWA BY FRIDAY NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE LOW POPS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY...AS WEAK SHORTWAVES IN THE FLOW ALOFT COMBINE WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE AREA. FRONT MAY PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH. AVN INDICATES HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY... WITH SOUTHEAST FLOW RETURNING BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEAK IMPULSES ALOFT MAY KEEP ISOLATED CONVECTION IN THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE BELOW IS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEST TEXAS/SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO ZONE FORECAST. MAF 63/87/62/86 2232 LSA 62/85/58/82 1132 6R6 67/91/65/90 2232 MRF 54/83/52/81 --11 CNM 58/89/55/85 --22 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-191100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 200 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION... .SYNOPSIS... A DRYLINE WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS WEST TEXAS THROUGH FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES SOUTH THROUGH THE PANHANDLE INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS. THE COMBINATION OF THE DRYLINE...AFTERNOON HEATING AND WEAK DISTURBANCES IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS PECOS REGION. .THUNDERSTORM THREATS... THE DRYLINE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN INTO PECOS COUNTY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE RETREATING WEST AGAIN OVERNIGHT. THE AIRMASS EAST OF THE DRYLINE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE AS TEMPERATURES WARM WELL INTO THE 80S. AN INHIBITING FACTOR TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE EXTENSIVE HIGH CLOUDS... HOWEVER ENOUGH BREAKS ARE EXPECTED IN THE CLOUD COVER TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT HEATING TO OCCUR. THIS COMBINED WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL ALLOW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE DRYLINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND PROFILES ALOFT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN...LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION. COBB
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:39 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated thunderstorm developed and moved northeast across the central Permian Basin during the late afternoon on the 18th. Quarter size hail was reported at the intersection of Highways 137 and 158 in western Glasscock County by the DPS.
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