Severe thunderstorms over the western Permian Basin and the Big Bend resulted in reports of large hail and damaging winds. Roof damage was reported to structures, and several power poles were blown down.
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Severe thunderstorms over the western Permian Basin and the Big Bend resulted in reports of large hail and damaging winds. Roof damage was reported to structures, and several power poles were blown down. In the Big Bend, hail to the size of golfballs was reported.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 2:18 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 318 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FIRING ONCE AGAIN OVER THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS SOUTH INTO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. SURFACE OBS REVEAL PLENTY OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND WITH 19Z DEW POINTS IN THE 60S PLAINS AND MID 50S MOUNTAINS. 18Z KMAF SOUNDING LOOKS FAVORABLE...EXCEPT FOR SOME WARMING NOTED NEAR 800MB VS. THE 15Z SOUNDING. WILL STICK WITH CURRENT ISOLATED POPS FOR THE FIRST PERIOD. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS NEAR SEVERE LIMITS WITH MID-LEVEL DRIER AIR OVER THE AREA PER LATEST WV SAT. TEMPS CONTINUE TO WARM TOMORROW AS THE DRYLINE BECOMES WELL-DEFINED. THIS DRYLINE SHOULD MIX EAST TO NEAR THE TX/NM STATE LINE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE EAST OF THE DRYLINE WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR STORMS...BUT MID-LEVEL WARMING MAY VERY WELL LIMIT ANY CONVECTION...DRY FORECAST WILL CONTINUE. TEMPS CONTINUE TO RISE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS SUBTROPICAL RIDGE PARKS ITSELF OVER THE AREA. EXTENDED PROGS CONTINUE TO PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA LATE THURSDAY. WILL KEEP POPS FOR THE NORTHERN ZONES AND DRY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. UPPER RIDGE AXIS CONTINUES TO RETROGRADE WEST INTO NRN OLD MEXICO THROUGH SUNDAY. MRF ADVERTISES NW FLOW ALOFT WHILE ECMWF KEEPS WEAK WLY FLOW OVER THE AREA. CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR WARMING TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS AND SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE. PRELIMS MAF 070/097/071/098 100 LSA 067/095/069/096 100 6R6 073/096/074/097 100 MRF 063/092/062/093 200 CNM 069/101/070/102 000 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. PLATT
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-101000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 220 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR THE TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO BORDER THIS AFTERNOON. A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH HEATING... INSTABILITY...AND MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE TO PRODUCE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF A TATUM...HOBBS...FORT STOCKTON... MARFA LINE. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD GENERATE STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH DUE TO INTENSE SURFACE HEATING AND ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY. OTHERWISE...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. AKL
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:40 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Local law officials reported that severe thunderstorm winds blew down six power poles, along with destroying half of the roof on a residence.
Reported by the fire department at the intersection of Texas Highway 214 and County Road 208.
Severe thunderstorm wind gust recorded by the Texas Mesonet.
Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in the downing of three power poles, and the roofs being blown off of three trailer houses.
Dime to golfball size hail was reported by the public.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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