1 hail, 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 Oct 6, 12:48 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 138 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2003 .SHORT TERM... SIMILAR SITUATION TO WHAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY...WITH A QUASISTATIONARY FRONT LOCATED ALONG THE NEW MEXICO/TEXAS BORDER...THEN CURVING TO NEAR A KINK-KMAF-GARDEN CITY LINE. CONVECTION ALREADY GOING OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WITH ADDITIONAL CONVECTION POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT IS SOMEWHAT WEAKER THAN YESTERDAY...BUT BUOYANCY IS THERE AS ARE FAIRLY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. OWING TO THE WEAK KINEMATIC SETUP PULSE MULTICELLS LOOK TO BE THE DOMINANT CONVECTIVE MODE...BUT COULD TRANSITION TO SUPERCELLS INVOF THE STATIONARY FRONT. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST... AND LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT. ATTM CONFIDENCE IS SUFFICIENTLY LOW TO PULL A TRIGGER ON A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...BUT AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT COULD SEE FLOODING PROBLEMS AGAIN TONIGHT. HAVE FOLLOWED HPCS QPF PLACEMENT BUT HAVE INCREASED AMOUNTS A BIT. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SHORT TERM GRIDS OVERALL WERE IN GOOD SHAPE. DID TWEAK WINDS AND POPS AROUND SOMEWHAT TO REFLECT LATEST CONDITIONS...AND ONLY MINOR NUDGES TO THE OTHER GRIDS WERE NEEDED. && .LONG TERM... CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH RESPECT TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN/EASTERN PACIFIC CUTOFF LOW...AND WHAT IMPACTS TROPICAL STORMS NORA AND OLAF WILL HAVE ACROSS THE CWFA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH...CONSEQUENTLY NOT MUCH HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE GRIDS BEYOND DAY3 OR SO. WILL KEEP AT LEAST LOW ORDER POPS AREAWIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THEN A DRYING TREND THEREAFTER WITH TEMPS REMAINING CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MAF 62 81 61 82 / 50 30 30 30 CNM 62 83 58 81 / 50 20 20 30 MRF 57 79 55 78 / 40 20 20 20 FST 64 84 60 84 / 40 20 20 30 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .TX...NONE. .NM...NONE. && 70/70
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-070900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 235 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION...PERMIAN BASIN AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ARROYOS... DRAWS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED NORTHEAST OF A ARTESIA NEW MEXICO...BALMORHEA TEXAS...TO SHEFFIELD TEXAS LINE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm developed along an outflow boundary and affected the city of Loraine in northeast Mitchell County. Local officials at the City Hall reported large hail.
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