Severe thunderstorms developed just east of a dryline across the eastern Permian Basin and Lower Trans Pecos on the 11th. Two very intense supercell storms impacted parts of southeast Pecos and northwest Terrell Counties this day.
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Severe thunderstorms developed just east of a dryline across the eastern Permian Basin and Lower Trans Pecos on the 11th. Two very intense supercell storms impacted parts of southeast Pecos and northwest Terrell Counties this day. The second storm became potentially tornadic as it moved southeast across central Terrell County, with very strong radar indications of tornadic activity. Two reports of large funnel clouds were received from spotters and the public. These funnels were observed at considerable distances from the storm as it tracked across remote rural areas. The witnesses could not confirm debris at the ground, or any other evidence of a tornado. Other severe thunderstorms developed further north along the dryline. These storms exhibited characteristics consistent with low precipitation supercells, and produced large hail.
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 Jun 11, 2:30 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 330 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM FORECAST CYCLE WILL MIX THE DRY LINE TO THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES THROUGH FRIDAY DURING THE DAYTIME. WILL GO WITH 10 TO 20 POPS ACROSS THE EXTREME EAST AND OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...BIG BEND IN THIS SCENARIO THROUGH FRIDAY. THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE SUBTROPICAL JET AND SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EMBEDDED IN THE WESTERLY FLOW SHOULD AID CONVECTION IN THESE AREAS. IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST A COOL FRONT/WIND SHIFT IS STILL SLATED TO PASS THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY WITH THE BEST CONVERGENCE AND DYNAMICS PASSING TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL PROBABLY BE IN THE EASTERN BASIN LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST DECIDED TO CONFINE POPS TO THE OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED TERRAIN...WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER...SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH A FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE DEVELOPING OVER WEST TEXAS. TERRAIN AND INSTABILITY COULD IGNITE ISOLATED STORMS. KEPT TUESDAY DRY. MAF 095/068 097/067 097 12--- CNM 099/064 099/064 099 12--- MRF 087/055 089/057 089 12111 FST 098/069 099/071 099 12111 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. 12
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-112030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 430 AM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE TRANS PECOS WHERE BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESIDE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT AT THIS TIME.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 168 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A rancher a few miles north of Farm to Market Road 2400 in rural parts of northwest Terrell County reported three inch hail stones as a supercell thunderstorm moved across rural sections of the county. The hail stones were reported to be sporadic.
The public reported nickel to quarter size hail.
Golfball size hail was reported by a rancher a few miles north of Farm to Market Road 2400 in rural parts of northwest Terrell County. This was the second supercell thunderstorm to result in large hail at this rancher's location on the 11th. The first severe thunderstorm impacted northwest Terrell County between four and five hours earlier with up to three inch hail, and is listed previously.
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