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 Oct 5, 1:50 PM CST, 7 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 250 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2002 SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS TODAY WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AT THE LOWER LEVELS WHICH BROUGHT THE MOISTURE NORTHWARD AND OUR LOW CLOUDS INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE CLOUDS ARE STILL HANGING ON OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF OUR CWA. GENERALLY SOUTHEAST FLOW AT THE SURFACE WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING UP NICELY. DIFFUSE SFC FRONT PUSHING BACK NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE DEWPOINT AT KMAF AT 19Z WAS 60F WITH A SOUTHEAST WIND. TONIGHT... MOISTURE WILL AGAIN SURGE NORTHWARD AS AN 850MB LLJ OF 30 TO 40 KT LOOKS TO SET UP OVER OUR AREA. NOT AS CONFIDENT ABOUT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND TSTMS TONIGHT AS I AM FOR TOMORROW WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT AND MOISTURE IN PLACE DUE TO THE 850MB OVERNIGHT LLJ. MAY DROP THE OVERNIGHT POPS TO ISOLATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES...WILL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AND DECIDE LATER. FOR SUNDAY...WE WILL HAVE THE MOISTURE IN PLACE AND THE APPROACH OF A FRONT TO HELP SET OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA. BUT DYNAMICS ARE LACKING A LITTLE BIT WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH MOVING QUICKLY AWAY FROM THE AREA...AND THE CUTOFF LOW TO OUR SOUTHWEST STILL JUST SITTING OUT OVER THE BAJA. CANNOT IGNORE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR TOMORROW. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY AS THE BAJA LOW SLOWLY BEGINS TO MOVE EAST AND OPEN UP. AS THIS MID/UPPER LOW APPROACHES OROGRAPHIC LIFT WILL ALSO BE TAKING PLACE WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ALONG AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS IN OUR WESTERN ZONES ESPECIALLY. HOWEVER...WILL NOT MAKE ANY BIG CHANGES IN POPS FOR THAT TIME PERIOD JUST YET. AS THE LOW OPENS UP AND LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE TUESDAY TIME PERIOD... WE COULD STILL HAVE A DECENT CHANCE AT RAIN...THIS TIME MAINLY OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. INTO THE EXTENDED...AVN WANTS TO HANG ON TO THE MOISTURE AND LIGHT PRECIP. MAY ADJUST TEMPS AND CLOUD-COVER A TAD FOR THIS ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE AREA. AFTER THAT WILL GO WITH THE CURRENT EXTENDED AS IS. PRELIMINARY FORECAST NUMBERS... MAF 62/82/52/75 123 LSA 59/77/51/72 123 6R6 65/85/57/78 233 MRF 55/79/50/72 223 CNM 59/81/52/70 123 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. SN
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-061000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 906 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. .THROUGH TONIGHT... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE NORTHWESTERN PERMIAN BASIN OF WEST TEXAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED NORTH OF A PECOS...ODESSA...TO LAMESA LINE. .SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:16 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm produced large hail to the size of quarters in western Gaines County. No damage was reported.
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