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 Aug 26, 12:15 PM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 115 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004 .SHORT TERM... WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS A BROAD AREA OF MID-LEVEL SUBSIDENCE/WARMING STRETCHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN U.S. PLAINS. 500MB UPPER AIR ANALYSIS WITHIN THIS REGION INDICATES TEMPERATURES NEAR -4C WITH 700MB TEMPERATURES IN THE 10-12C RANGE. ACROSS OUR AREA...THE 26/12Z KMAF SOUNDING ALSO SHOWS THE MENTIONED WARMING IN THE MID-LEVELS... NAMELY THE 600-550MB LAYER WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SOME 5C FROM THE 25/12Z SOUNDING. MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTHERN 2/3 OF THE CWA WILL WARM A COUPLE OF DEGREES C BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL KEEP A LID ON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES AS INDICATED BY RAOBS AND MODEL DATA OVER THE SOUTHERN 1/3 OF THE CWA ARE SLIGHTLY COOLER AND HENCE CIN WILL BE LOWER ACROSS THIS REGION. ONLY MINOR CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO THE POP GRID...MAINLY TO RAISE POP VALUES SLIGHTLY OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS/BIG BEND REGION AND INTO SOUTHERN TERRELL COUNTY. OTHERWISE... TEMPERATURES WERE LOWERED SLIGHTLY OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO BASED ON THIS MORNING/S READINGS AND ANTICIPATED LOWER DEW POINTS OVERNIGHT. VERY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO THE DEW POINTS AND WINDS. .LONG TERM... WLYS CONTINUE TO DOMINATE FLOW ACRS SWRN U.S. WITH BROAD MID/UPPER LEVEL TROF W OF MS RIVER. 12Z MODELS RUNS HAVE SPEED UP INCOMING MID LEVEL TROF/FRONT. TROF IS STRONG WITH RESPECT TO THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS WITH WELL DEFINED COLD FRONT INTO 7H-5H LAYER. ASSOCD SFC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO S PLAINS FRI WITH BACKING LOW LEVEL FLOW ACRS PB. AS SUCH DRIER AIR THAT HAS BEEN MIXING E DURING LAST FEWS DAYS WILL BE INHIBITED. ETA/GFS INDICATE BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ACRS CENTRAL PB EWD. ATTP INCLINED TO ADD POPS ONLY IN THE E AS COMBINATION OF 7H TEMPS 13-14C AND DRIER AIR FURTHER W EXPECTED TO SUPPRESS INITIATION. CURRENT SWODY2 HAS PARTS OF PB OUTLOOKED FOR SVR. BEST 0-6KM BULK SHEAR 25KTS PROGGED TO ACRS THE NW WHERE DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED. CAPE FCST OVER 2000 J/KG PROGGED IN THE E SO ISOLD STRONG/MARGINAL SVR POSSIBLE THERE. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO PB SAT AM AS MID LEVELS COOL WITH INCOMING TROF. MET GUIDANCE FOR GDP SUGGEST HIGH WINDS THRU THE PASS SAT AM. LOW LEVEL MSTR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE BEHIND TROF AND FRONT. 85H FRONT IS IMPRESSIVE STRETCHING LOWER TRANS PECOS SAT PM. SHRTWV ENERGY IN WEAKLY DIFFLUENT UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND LIFT NOTED IN MODEL +VVEL SUGGEST CHC POPS LATE FRI NIGHT INTO SAT NIGHT. WILL INCREASE SCT POPS TO INCLUDE MOST AREAS N OF PECOS RIVER FRI NIGHT/SAT AM AND SHIFT HIER POPS S INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH FRONT AND INSTABILITY AXIS. SUN EXPECTED TO BE A DOWN DAY IN REGARD TO POPS WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE ACRS PB. ALTHOUGH RETURN SE FLOW INTO MTNS WARRANTS 10-20% POPS. PASSAGE OF COLD FRONT/CLOUDS/AREAS OF PRECIP WILL RESULT IN NOTICEABLY COOLER WEEKEND. GFS SUGGEST WLY FLOW TO REMAIN ACTIVE WITH SHRTWV TROF TIMED TO MOVE ACRS CWFA MON PM. COOL MID LEVELS AND UPSLOPE FLOW ACRS WRN AREAS FAVORS MTNS WITH HIER POPS. DISAGREEMENT IN EVOLUTION OF MID LEVEL PATTERN AMONGST LONG RANGE MODELS ARGUES FOR LITTLE CHANGES FARTHER INTO EXTENDED ATTP. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 74 98 69 83 / 10 20 30 30 CARLSBAD NM 63 100 68 82 / 0 0 30 30 DRYDEN TX 73 96 73 83 / 20 20 20 40 FORT STOCKTON TX 73 98 73 85 / 10 10 20 40 GUADALUPE PASS TX 66 94 71 79 / 0 0 10 20 HOBBS NM 64 100 68 83 / 0 0 30 30 MARFA TX 60 90 63 78 / 20 10 10 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 73 99 69 84 / 10 0 30 30 ODESSA TX 71 99 69 84 / 10 0 30 30 WINK TX 73 105 71 89 / 10 0 30 30 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 300 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-270900- ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES- GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER- 300 PM CDT (200 PM MDT) THU AUG 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF A VAN HORN TO PECOS TO GARDEN CITY LINE WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS PRODUCING BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY. A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND PERMIAN BASIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 06
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 606 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004 TXZ068-069-075-262330- CRANE TX-PECOS TX-UPTON TX- 606 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CRANE...PECOS AND UPTON COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF GIRVIN AT 606 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN CRANE...PECOS AND UPTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITY OF MCCAMEY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL... HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated thunderstorm produced a severe wind gust that was measured by the Terrell County Airport ASOS during the early evening of the 27th.
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