Scattered thunderstorms erupted over the west Texas Upper Trans Pecos region during the late afternoon of the 9th. A few of these storms became severe over Reeves County and produced hail up to the size of golfballs.
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Scattered thunderstorms erupted over the west Texas Upper Trans Pecos region during the late afternoon of the 9th. A few of these storms became severe over Reeves County and produced hail up to the size of golfballs.
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 Jul 9, 1:57 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 201 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 .SHORT TERM... INSTABILITY FOCUSED ACRS SE NM THIS PM WHERE SE UPSLOPE WINDS HOLDING M60-70 DWPNTS IN PLACE. THIS WITH LR/S OF 8 C/KM RESULTING IN CAPES OVER 4000 J/KG. VISIBLE IMAGERY EARLIER INDICATED WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BOUNDARY MOVING THRU THE NW PB...BUT NEVER NOTED ANY WIND SHIFTS...SO NOT CONFIDENT OF IT BEING MUCH OF A FOCUS E ACRS PB. OTHERWISE WATER VAPOR DEPICTS STRONG WAVE MOVING N-NE INTO WRN NM WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ENHANCE TSTM DEVELOPMENT ACRS FAR W. DEEP MSTR AS SEEN IN 7H-5H THETA-E RIDGE AXIS ACRS WRN AREAS CONTRIBUTING TO PW/S OF 1 OR MORE. SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. HAVE INCREASED POPS FAR W TO HIGH END CHC AND WILL MAINTAIN HEAVY RN HIGHLIGHTS IN ZFP/GRIDS/HWO. DWPNTS IN THE U60S- N70 ACRS PB WITH WEAK LLJ WILL BE ENUF FOR LOWS TO HOLD IN L70S AGAIN. .LONG TERM... UPPER LVL RIDGE CENTERED OVR THE CWA WILL MAINTAIN PERSISTENT WX THRU SATURDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH TEMPS SHOULD BE A LITTLE COOLER AS THIS FEATURE IS PROGGED TO SHIFT WWD. DIURNAL CONVECTION CHANCES WILL REMAIN BEST OVR THE WRN ZONES IN THE VICINITY OF A SFC TROUGH/WEAK DRYLINE...PROVIDED THE CAP CAN BE ERODED. MEANWHILE...UPPER LVL LOW OFF THE LOWER TX GULF COAST CONTINUES TO MIGRATE SLOWLY WWD. BY SUNDAY...THIS INVERTED TROF MOVES NORTH INTO THE FA...BRINGING A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM TRIPLE-DIGIT HIGHS FOR A FEW DAYS AND A CHANCE FOR MUCH NEEDED RAIN. ETA IS STRONGER THAN THE GFS W/THE TROF...BRINGING IT FURTHER NORTH INTO THE CWA...BUT BOTH MODELS SUGGEST THAT SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE FAVORED FOR CONVECTION. TUESDAY ONWARD...AS THE TROF MOVES WWD AND MINORS OUT...UPPER LVL RIDGING BEGINS TO REASSERT ITSELF OVR THE AREA...RESULTING IN A GRADUAL WARMUP THE REST OF THE WEEK. BY WEDNESDAY...TEMPS SHOULD ONCE AGAIN BE ABV NORMAL...WITH CONVECTIVE FOCI SHIFTING W TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 73 93 65 92 / 0 0 0 10 CARLSBAD NM 72 93 65 93 / 40 10 10 20 DRYDEN TX 73 90 70 90 / 0 0 0 30 FORT STOCKTON TX 72 93 68 92 / 0 0 0 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 67 89 62 89 / 50 10 20 20 HOBBS NM 70 93 64 91 / 20 0 0 20 MARFA TX 60 86 57 85 / 30 10 0 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 72 92 66 91 / 0 0 0 10 ODESSA TX 72 93 67 92 / 0 0 0 10 WINK TX 75 96 71 95 / 20 0 0 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 49/44
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 124 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-100600- 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- 124 PM CDT (1224 PM MDT) FRI JUL 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEST OF A LINE FROM SEMINOLE TO THE BIG BEND REGION. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINS AS STORMS TEND TO LAST INTO THE NIGHT. FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple reports of nickel size hail were received from the vicinity of Verhalen.
A second severe storm produced large hail over Reeves County. Multiple reports from the public and the broadcast media indicated pea to golfball size hail fell in Toyah for a twenty minute period.
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