Convection was widespread across the Permian Basin on the afternoon of the 22nd. A couple of these storms became severe and produced large hail and damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Convection was widespread across the Permian Basin on the afternoon of the 22nd. A couple of these storms became severe and produced large hail and damaging winds.
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 Aug 22, 12:52 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 152 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 .SHORT TERM... 22/12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSES INDICATED A 250MB SHEAR AXIS STRETCHED FROM THE BIG BEND REGION NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN OK. IN ADDITION...PLENTY OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WAS AROUND THE AREA WITH 850MB DEW POINTS OF 18C AT KDRT. THE LATEST WV SATELLITE REVEALS A WEAK UPPER LOW ALONG THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST. WILL ALSO COMMENT THAT 12Z MODELS DID NOT CAPTURE THE COOLER AIR AT 500MB (-10C) OVER CENTRAL AND EAST TEXAS THIS MORNING. GIVEN THE ABOVE FACTORS AND A SERIES OF EMBEDDED WAVES IN THE MID-LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. CURRENT GRIDS ARE IN LINE WITH THE LATEST MOS GUIDANCE...SO ONLY MINIMAL CHANGES WERE MADE. && .LONG TERM... THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WEAK SHORTWAVES WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE RIDGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...A SHEAR AXIS WILL LIKELY SET UP SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE SOUTH ALONG THE EXPECTED POSITION OF THE SHEAR AXIS. WILL ALSO MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AS ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE ENERGY CONTINUES TO TRANSLATE ACROSS THE CWA. THE GFS ADVERTISES A STRONG COLD FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE TUESDAY OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. DO NOT HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT A FRONT OF THIS STRENGTH AND SPEED WILL AFFECT THE AREA AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER...THE ECMWF DOES ADVERTISE A WEAKER FRONTAL PASSAGE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING. WILL NOT MAKE ANY DRASTIC CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST...AND WILL GENERALLY KEEP WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMATOLOGIAL LEVELS AND SEE WHAT LATER MODELS SHOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MAF 68 91 68 91 / 40 20 20 20 CNM 67 90 66 93 / 30 20 20 10 MRF 58 80 58 84 / 30 30 30 30 FST 69 90 68 90 / 30 30 30 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 06/21
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-231000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 230 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND OCCASIONAL DEADLY LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES...AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT http://www.srh.noaa.gov/maf. PLATT
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several reports of large hail were received from Snyder. Hail stones ranged in size from quarters to golfballs.
Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted trees and blew down power lines in Snyder.
A severe thunderstorm produced an intense downburst in the vicinity of Pleasant Farms. The resulting winds destroyed two barns.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2003
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