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 Jun 3, 1:23 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 223 PM CDT MON JUN 3 2002 WATER VAPOR SHOWS SRN STREAM SUBTROPICAL MST AXIS MVG E ACRS SRN NM/W TX WITH MAIN UPPER LOW IN AZ. E OF SUBTROPICAL MST AXIS MODERATE INSTABILITY NOTED PER MODIFIED 18Z KMAF SOUNDING...BUT SIG CAP ALSO PRESENT. WITH CLOUD COVER MVG IN EXPECT SFC HEATING WILL WANE AND NOT ANTICIPATING MUCH IN WAY OF STORMS. TMW DRYLINE TO SHARPEN WITH INCREASE IN 5H WINDS NOTED AND WITH 2 DEGREES COOLING AT 7H MID LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE WILL BE LESS INHIBITIVE. THIS WITH APPROACH OF SHRTWV TROF AND INCREASED UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IS WORTH 20 POPS IN PLAINS FOR DRYLINE STORMS. CONVERGENCE INVOF FRONT TOO FAR NORTH FOR HIER POPS. FRONT TO PUSH S INTO PB AFTER 06Z. AS SUCH CHC POPS TUES NIGHT/WED AM AS LOW LEVEL WAA/MSTR CONVERGENCE E-NE OF SFC LOW EITHER FEEDS ON GOING CLUSTER S INTO PB OR FAVORS DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL STORMS OVERNIGHT. POST FRONTAL CLOUDS AND POTENTIAL FOR RAIN COOLED AIR WILL MAKE WEDNESDAY RESPECTIVELY COOL. ELEVATED INSTABILITY ADVERTISED BY ETA IN WAKE OF FRONT ACROSS PB AND TRANS PECOS WEDNESDAY. AS LOW ATTEMPTS TO CUT OFF SHEAR AXIS WILL NATURALLY DEVELOP SETTING UP ACRS ERN NM AND WILL HOLD ONTO POPS FAR W THRU SW INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EUROPEAN AND AVN STILL DIFFERING GREATLY IN EXTENDED AND WILL REFLECT LITTLE CHANGE ATTM. MAF 68/93/64/81 123 LSA 66/93/62/80 223 6R6 72/94/69/85 -23 MRF 59/88/57/80 123 CNM 67/95/63/82 222 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-041030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 230 PM CDT MON JUN 3 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BECOME WELL ESTABLISHED OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. MEANWHILE...A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. .HAZARDS... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO MONDAY AFTERNOON. IF STORMS DEVELOP...A FEW COULD DRIFT INTO THE WESTERN PLAINS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY BE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAMESA...TO ODESSA...TO SANDERSON. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DO MANAGE TO DEVELOP LATE MONDAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE BECOME SEVERE...HOWEVER...BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. .EXTENDED OUTLOOK... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON TUESDAY. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD MONITOR FOR LATER UPDATES. LINDLEY
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm wind gust to 58 MPH was recorded by the Fort Stockton ASOS.
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