1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 28, 1:27 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 227 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2003 .SHORT TERM... THE COLUMN SEEMS TO BE A BIT DRIER DOWN LOW THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH A BIT MORE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION...CONVECTION DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AS WIDESPREAD AS YESTERDAY. CONSEQUENTLY...WE WILL MAINTAIN THE PREVIOUS POP FORECAST IN TOTO...WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THROUGH MIDNIGHT TAPERING TO ISOLATED AFTER MIDNIGHT TO COVER ANY LINGERING SHRA/TSRA. HAVE ADJUSTED WINDS UP A BIT AFTER SUNSET...BUT OTHER THAN A NUDGE HERE AND THERE...THE PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. NO AVIATION OR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TO SPEAK OF. && .LONG TERM... ISSUE OF THE FORECAST WILL BE THE APPROACHING FRONT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD NOT BE IN QUESTION. BEGINNING TOMORROW AFTERNOON...AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AND WE ALSO HAVE A WARM DAY WITH AN 850MB THERMAL RIDGE LAYING OVER MOST OF THE CWA...WE WILL INCREASE RAIN CHANCES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. SATURDAY WILL HOLD OUR BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE QUESTION ARISING W/R/T THE FRONT IS ITS IMPACT ON TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY AND EXACT TIMING. BELIEVE THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT INTO THE AREA BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BUT CANNOT SEE A COLD FRONT BARRELING TOWARD US IN LATE AUGUST ESPECIALLY WITH MOST OF THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA. MAV MOS HAS A HIGH OF 74 FOR KMAF ON SATURDAY WHILE THE MET MOS IS PREDICTING 90. A HIGH OF 74 SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY FOR AUGUST 30TH...HOWEVER THIS WOULD NOT BREAK A RECORD FOR THE COLDEST HIGH. A HIGH OF 90 ON THE OTHER HAND ALSO SEEMS SUSPECT WITH THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD-COVER...RAIN...AND COLD AIR ADVECTION WE ARE EXPECTING. WILL HAVE TO COMPROMISE AND GO WITH A HIGH NEAR 80. THIS WILL NOT DEVIATE TOO FAR FROM THE GOING FORECAST OF MID 80S FOR SATURDAY. WILL DECREASE RAIN CHANCES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON SUNDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES FURTHER SOUTH. SHOULD BEGIN TO DRY OUT BY SUNDAY NIGHT OVER MOST OF THE AREA. MID/UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK IN OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. NEXT WEEK WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE INTO DRY WEATHER FOR THE MOST PART WHILE WARMING BACK UP. MAY ADD IN ISOLATED THUNDER FOR THE MOUNTAINS LATER IN THE WEEK AS WE WARM UP. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MAF 73 95 69 80 / 20 30 40 40 CNM 69 95 67 83 / 20 30 40 40 MRF 62 88 65 79 / 20 30 20 30 FST 72 95 69 84 / 20 20 30 40 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 70/20
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-291000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 234 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated thunderstorm produced severe wind gusts near Fort Stockton.
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