Strong to severe thunderstorms resulted in flash flooding across the central Permian Basin on the 25th. One storm became severe producing large hail and minor wind damage in Big Spring.
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The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Strong to severe thunderstorms resulted in flash flooding across the central Permian Basin on the 25th. One storm became severe producing large hail and minor wind damage in Big Spring.
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 25, 1:22 PM CST, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 222 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003 .SHORT TERM... SURFACE COLD FRONT NOW REACHING THE SOUTH PLAINS...BUT DO EXPECT FRONT TO SLOW ITS SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION SOMEWHAT...EVENTUALLY REACHING THE NORTHERN CWFA BEFORE DAYBREAK. MEANWHILE...CONVECTION BLOSSOMING OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN CHIHUAHUA/WESTERN COAHUILA WILL TRANSLATE NORTHEAST AND AFFECT THE BIG BEND AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PWAT VALUES AOA THREE CM AND A MOIST ADIABATIC THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE SUGGEST EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS... AND GIVEN ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IN THESE AREAS. ATTM THE THREAT DOES NOT APPEAR WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED CONVECTION COULD GIN UP ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CWFA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT AS THIS CONVECTION WOULD BE DRIVEN MAINLY VIA INSOLATION...EXPECT A DECREASE IN THIS ACTIVITY AFTER SUNSET. BUOYANCY AND SHEAR PARAMETERS SUGGEST MULTICELLS WITH AN OVERALL LOW THREAT OF SEVERE WIND OR HAIL. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT AND WILL AFFECT MAINLY NORTHEASTERN ZONES AFTER DARK. THE COLD FRONT WILL THEN TRANSLATE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING...AND WITH MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW IN ITS WAKE...WE SHOULD SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOP PRIMARILY OVER SOUTHERN ZONES TOMORROW AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AT TAF LOCATIONS THROUGH 12Z...70. && .LONG TERM... HIGHEST POPS WILL SHIFT SOUTH AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER THURSDAY NIGHT/EVENING CLOSEST TO THE FRONT AND LINGERING INSTABILITY AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. A SHORTWAVE IN THE DIFLUENT NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PROBABLY AID PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THIS OROGRAPHICALLY FAVORED TERRAIN. WILL SHIFT POPS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEHIND THIS FRONT IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW. CHALLENGE WILL BE HOW FAR EAST IN THE PLAINS TO PLACE POPS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME NOT THINKING WE WILL SEE COMPLEXES MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAINS THESE NIGHTS WITH MODEST 850 MILLIBAR INFLOW PROGGED AND RATHER WEAK MID LEVEL FLOW. CONTINUED THE DRY FORECAST MONDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EAST TOWARDS WEST TEXAS. MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES MAY FINALLY WARM ENOUGH TO SQUELCH CONVECTIVE CHANCES. && THE PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE BELOW IS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEST TEXAS/SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO ZONE FORECAST. MAF 71 80 62 84 / 40 50 20 10 CNM 67 79 61 87 / 20 30 00 20 MRF 64 81 56 79 / 30 20 50 20 FST 72 82 65 86 / 30 30 50 20 .MAF... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. 12
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-261000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 300 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER THE BIG BEND NORTH INTO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...PARTICULARLY IN THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF 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.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:24 UTC.
4 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several reports of large hail were received from Big Spring. Quarter size hail was reported near the airport on the west side of the city. Hail up to the size of pennies was reported in the downtown area.
A severe thunderstorm wind gust resulted in minor roof damage to a structure on the west side of Big Spring.
Flash flooding resulted in high water flowing down city streets in Midkiff.
Spotters reported high water running across Farm to Market Road 2401 in the northwest corner of Reagan County.
Flash flooding caused areas of high water to run across Farm to Market Road 2401from the county line to Highway 137.
Flash flooding washed out County Road 1090 near the Upton County line.
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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