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 Aug 22, 12:45 AM CST, 11 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 145 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002 MID LEVEL WLYS INTO SRN NM W TX PER WSM PROFILER WITH STR SE AND MID LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE AXIS ORIENTED ACRS W TX ATTM. PATTERN BEGINS TO CHANGE TDY THOUGH AS STR REFORMS W TURNING 5H WINDS TO NW-N. EXPECT THIS WILL TEND TO DISSIPATE THE WELL ORGANIZED 5H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS OF LATE...AND MOISTURE ACRS W TX WILL GENERALLY BE CONFINED TO AROUND 7H. WLY MID LEVEL FLOW ACRS NM WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PRESENCE OF SFC TROF ERN NM/FAR W TX. THIS IS FAVORED AREA FOR POPS TDY AS WEAK CONVERGENCE INVOF TROF COINCIDES WITH 7H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS AND 7H-5H LRS >7 C/KM. BY FRIDAY STR IS STRONGER AND BUILDS FARTHER N WITH 5H WINDS TURNING N-NE IN PLAINS...WILL KEEP POPS CONFINED TO MTNS AND ADJACENT PLAINS WITH NARROW 7H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS CAUGHT IN STR. INSTABILITY PROGGED TO DECREASES INTO WEEKEND AS 7H TEMPS INCREASE AND WILL TEND TOWARD A GENERALLY DRY FCST. MAF 99/74/100/74 --- LSA 97/72/99/72 --- 6R6 98/76/98/76 110 MRF 90/62/92/62 222 CNM 101/70/103/72 111 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 221 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm produced a severe wind gust at the McDonald Observatory.
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