Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over the Upper Trans Pecos region of west Texas during the afternoon of the 18th. A severe storm moved over the city of Pecos, and resulted in damaging winds and hail.
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Strong to severe thunderstorms developed over the Upper Trans Pecos region of west Texas during the afternoon of the 18th. A severe storm moved over the city of Pecos, and resulted in damaging winds and hail. Thunderstorm activity spread northeast through the evening hours. A complex of strong thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall and widespread flash flooding in Dawson County.
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 18, 1:30 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 230 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 .SHORT TERM... UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS HAS ALLOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. VISIBLE SATELLITE ALSO SHOWS NEW CUMULUS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE GUADALUPE AND SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO. ELSEWHERE...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE MAY ALLOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTH/NORTHEAST ZONES BY LATE AFTERNOON. HAVE TRENDED THE HIGHEST POPS FOR THIS EVENING ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA. WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF SEVERE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT...AS CAPES WILL BE HIGHEST IN THIS AREA...ALONG WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR ORGANIZED DEVELOPMENT. A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OR STORMS MAY LINGER AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE NORTH/NORTHEAST. OTHERWISE...CONTINUED WARM OVERNIGHT READINGS WILL PERSIST OVER MOST LOCATIONS. .LONG TERM... OVERALL...THE CURRENT FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND ONLY MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE. THE SYNOPTIC SCALE PATTERN THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL CHANGE LITTLE OVER OUR AREA. THE BROAD SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN EARLY NEXT WEEK. A MID-LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST ALONG WITH A CONTINUED FLOW OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL PROVIDE LOW CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO COOL TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH DECREASING 1000-500MB THICKNESSES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 73 97 73 94 / 20 20 20 10 CARLSBAD NM 70 96 69 97 / 30 30 20 30 DRYDEN TX 74 95 70 93 / 10 10 10 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 73 98 71 96 / 30 20 20 20 GUADALUPE PASS TX 69 93 69 90 / 30 30 20 30 HOBBS NM 71 97 69 95 / 20 30 20 20 MARFA TX 61 89 61 84 / 30 30 20 20 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 72 98 73 94 / 20 20 10 10 ODESSA TX 73 99 72 94 / 20 20 10 10 WINK TX 76 102 72 100 / 30 20 20 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 21/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 240 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-191000- 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- 240 PM CDT (140 PM MDT) FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ARROYOS...DRAWS...BAR DITCHES...AND AREA ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS TONIGHT.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:04 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm winds resulted in minor roof damage to a few structures in Pecos.
Large hail was reported at the intersection of U.S. Highway 285 and Farm to Market Road 1450.
Strong to severe thunderstorms erupted late in the afternoon of the 18th over the Big Bend. A park ranger reported golfball size hail at the Big Bend National Park headquarters. The event time listed is an estimatation.
A complex of thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall over a large part of Dawson County. Local officials reported widespread flooding in the city of Lamesa with high water in many city streets. Several vehicles were washed off of State Highway 137 seven to eight miles northwest of Lamesa where at least six inches of water flowed over the road. U.S. Highway 87 was also inundated by high water twelve miles north-northeast of Lamesa. In addition, flood waters covered State Highway 349 five miles south of the city.
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