1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jun 23, 9:50 AM CST, 9 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1050 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 HAVE UPDATED ALL PUBLIC GRIDS AND PRODUCTS. HAVE INCREASED AFTERNOON HIGHS A TOUCH AND INCREASED PRECIP CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY OF SEVERE GIVEN CONVECTION SOMEWHAT HIGH...BUT ISOLD NATURE OF CONVECTION PRECLUDED POSITIVE MENTION OF SAME IN THIS FORECAST UPDATE.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-240900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 242 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4 PM CDT (3 PM MDT) AND 9 PM CDT (8 PM MDT). THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP WILL BE LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ACROSS PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. LINDLEY
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-058>062-067-240200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 315 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST TEXAS... ANDREWS...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...LOVING...MARTIN...MIDLAND...WARD AND WINKLER IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... CULBERSON AND REEVES IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... EDDY AND LEA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ANDREWS...ARTESIA...CARLSBAD...HOBBS...KERMIT...LAMESA...LOVINGTON... MENTONE...MIDLAND...MONAHANS...ODESSA...PECOS...SEMINOLE...STANTON AND TATUM 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.
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045-046-050-051-058>062-067-240200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 725 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS CANCELLED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567... IN WEST TEXAS... ANDREWS...DAWSON...GAINES...AND MARTIN IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO... EDDY AND LEA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS... ECTOR...LOVING...MIDLAND...WARD...AND WINKLER 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), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few strong to severe thunderstorms developed over the western Permian Basin and Upper Trans Pecos region of West Texas during the afternoon and evening of the 23rd. One of these storms resulted in severe wind gusts in Ector County.
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, June 2003
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