A supercell thunderstorm moved across portions of Pecos County. TV storm chasers reported a brief tornado with this storm.
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A supercell thunderstorm moved across portions of Pecos County. TV storm chasers reported a brief tornado with this storm. Other severe thunderstorms developed in the western Permian Basin.
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 May 26, 5:47 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 647 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 HAVE CLEARED ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND CULBERSON COUNTY...AND THE BIG BEND/DAVIS MOUNTAINS GROUPS FROM SVR 338. TRIMMED POPS BACK AND REMOVED POSITIVE MENTION OF SEVERE IN THESE AREAS. ELSEWHERE...MARGINALLY SEVERE MULTICELL JUNK CONTINUES TO PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN CWFA. GIVEN OVERALL LACK OF KINEMATIC SUPPORT AND WITH PBL STABILIZATION EXPECTED WITH LOSS OF HEATING...EXPECT THAT CONVECTION WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AFTER 01Z. UPDATED ZONES HAVE BEEN SENT. .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 340 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING (900 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS... ANDREWS...BREWSTER...CRANE...CULBERSON...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES... GLASSCOCK...JEFF DAVIS...LOVING...MARTIN...MIDLAND...PECOS... PRESIDIO...REAGAN...REEVES...TERRELL...UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... EDDY AND LEA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ALPINE...ANDREWS...ARTESIA...BAKERSFIELD...BIG LAKE...CARLSBAD... CRANE...DRYDEN...FORT DAVIS...FORT STOCKTON...GARDEN CITY...HOBBS... KERMIT...LAJITAS...LAMESA...LOVINGTON...MARATHON...MARFA...MCCAMEY... MENTONE...MIDLAND...MONAHANS...ODESSA...PANTHER JUNCTION...PECOS... PINE SPRINGS...PRESIDIO...RANKIN...SANDERSON...SEMINOLE... SHEFFIELD...STANTON...TATUM AND VAN HORN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-271000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 410 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 .SYNOPSIS... AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...ALONG WITH UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND NUMEROUS SURFACE BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA WILL ALLOW FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. .THREATS... THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG...GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 642 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS CLEARED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 338 FROM THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS... BREWSTER...CULBERSON...JEFF DAVIS AND PRESIDIO IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO... EDDY AND LEA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 338 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING... IN WEST TEXAS... ANDREWS...CRANE...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...GLASSCOCK...LOVING... MARTIN...MIDLAND...PECOS...REAGAN...REEVES...TERRELL...UPTON...WARD AND WINKLER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED. 70
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:21 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief tornado, ten seconds in duration, was reported by a television meteorologist.
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