1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Apr 23, 1:45 AM CST, 9 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
245 AM CDT WED APR 23 2003
DEEP UPPER LOW MVG INTO 4 CORNERS RGN WHILE DRYLINE HAS BACKED WEST
UP TO MTNS OF W TX WITH LLJ KICKED IN AT 50KTS 3KFT AGL ACRS PLAINS.
ASSOCD SHRTWV ENERGY SPREADING INTO W TX WITH SEVERE TSTM WATCH
ISSUED FOR NRN LEA UNTIL 12Z. LIFTING PARCELS FM 85H RESULTS IN
ELEVATED BUOYANCY (1600 J/KG) PER FCST ETA KMAF SOUNDING WITH -75
J/KG WORTH OF CINH. STRENGTH OF UPPER LOW AND LIFT ASSOCD WITH 110KT
JET MAX MVG ACRS NM IS ENUF FOR CONCERN...THIS WITH WINDS NOTED ON
LLJ NO SURPRISE THAT STORMS (SEVERE) POSSIBLE ACRS N AND CENTRAL THRU
AM. STRONG SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF TROF THIS PM WILL FAVOR INCREASED
MTN AND SE NM PLAINS WINDS...WITH TIGHT MSL GRADIENT HELPING TO KEEP
WINDS UP OVERNIGHT MTNS. THURSDAY GRADIENT RELAXES BUT STILL NEAR
30KTS AT 7H. THIS WITH DRY AIR WILL KEEP FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS HIGH
WITH RFW PROBABLY THRU THURSDAY. WEAK WIND SHIFT TO MOVE INTO RGN
BEHIND EXITING UPPER LOW FRIDAY AM...OTHERWISE MINOR MID LEVEL
RIDGING FRIDAY PM WITH SEASONAL TO ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPS EXPECTED.
RELAXED MID LEVEL GRADIENT WITH RIDGING THRU SATURDAY. FLOW SLOWLY
TENDS TO CYCLONIC BY SUNDAY WITH HINTS OF INSTABILITY IN THE E. NO
SIG CHANGES PLANNED.
MAF BU 081/049 085/049 084 100
CNM BU 078/054 083/051 084 000
MRF BU 073/043 076/045 077 000
FST BU 084/052 088/056 087 -00
.MAF...
TX...HIGH WIND WARNING TXZ258 17Z-03Z.
WIND ADVISORY TXZ057 17Z-24Z.
NM...HIGH WIND WARNING NMZ027 17Z-03Z.
WIND ADVISORY NMZ028-029-033-034 17Z-24Z.NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-232000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1208 PM CDT WED APR 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND EXTREME WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD FOR THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS... BIG BEND REGION...UPPER TRANS PECOS AND WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...AND THE VAN HORN/HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR OF CULBERSON COUNTY. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MAY RESULT IN RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...ADJACENT PLAINS AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS IS REQUESTED. PLATT
TXZ048-052-053-063-070-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1150 AM CDT WED APR 23 2003 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 600 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS... GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...MITCHELL...REAGAN AND SCURRY THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... BIG LAKE...BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...GARDEN CITY AND SNYDER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...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.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:27 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms developed along a dryline which was rapidly propagating east across the Permian Basin around midday on the 23rd. Penny size hail was reported in Coahoma with one of the stronger storms. Severe weather became widespread as these storms moved east of the basin through the afternoon hours.
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