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 29, 3:20 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 316 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS A SHORTWAVE MOVING FROM NORTHERN MEXICO INTO SOUTHWEST TEXAS. LIFT IS INCREASING OUT AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE ACROSS THE CWA. THE DRYLINE HAS PUSHED EAST TO THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...AND VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CONVECTIVE GROWTH OCCURRING IN THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS AND FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS ALONG THE DRYLINE...SO WILL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LIFT FOR ISOLATED HIGH BASED SHOWERS WEST OF THE TRANS PECOS TONIGHT...SO WILL INSERT A SLIGHT POP FOR THE EVENING THERE. IT APPEARS THE DRYLINE WILL SHIFT EAST OF OUR CWA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND INCREASED WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. FIRE WX CONCERNS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY OVER THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...AND THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS. IN THE EXTENDED...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MAY EDGE INTO NORTHERN AREAS EARLY FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE FRONT SHOULD BECOME DIFFUSE DURING THE DAY. DRY CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST FRIDAY AS WEAK MID LEVEL RIDGING OCCURS. THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH WILL TRANSLATE FROM CALIFORNIA SATURDAY MORNING TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY SUNDAY EVENING. WILL RETAIN THE MENTION OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST ON SATURDAY...AS THE DRYLINE MAY SET UP ONCE AGAIN. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE IN A FAVORABLE POSITION TO BE DRY SLOTTED SUNDAY... RESULTING IN DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS. COOLER TEMPERATURES MONDAY BEHIND THE PACIFIC FRONT. THE UPPER LOW WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST INTO IOWA BY MONDAY EVENING...AND ANOTHER TROUGH MAY AMPLIFY IN THE SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: MAF 60 88 56 88 / 20 00 00 00 CNM 57 87 52 81 / 10 00 00 00 MRF 48 80 45 83 / 10 00 00 00 FST 62 90 57 90 / 20 00 00 00 .MAF... TX...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 00Z TXZ258. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH WEDNESDAY ALL AREAS. NM...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 00Z NMZ027>029-033-034. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH WEDNESDAY ALL AREAS. CL/21
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-300300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 300 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER WILL CREATE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ACROSS THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY CONTINUED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SN
TXZ046>048-051>053-062-063-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 225 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS... BORDEN...DAWSON...GLASSCOCK...HOWARD...MARTIN...MIDLAND...MITCHELL AND SCURRY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... BIG SPRING...COLORADO CITY...GAIL...GARDEN CITY...LAMESA...MIDLAND... SNYDER AND STANTON 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.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 200 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated supercell thunderstorm developed over central Terrell County and propagated south toward Dryden. The Terrell County S.O. relayed a report from a rancher north of Dryden of large hail. The rancher reported the ground covered with golfball size hail which fell for thirty minutes.
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