Several thunderstorms produced severe winds and large hail in the vicinity of the Davis Mountains on the afternoon of the 3rd.
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Several thunderstorms produced severe winds and large hail in the vicinity of the Davis Mountains on the afternoon of the 3rd.
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 3, 12:45 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 145 PM CDT THU JUN 3 2004 .SHORT TERM... A BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM MAIN STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE IS EVIDENT PER WV IMAGERY ALONG A NE TO SW LINE FROM GARDEN CITY TO VALENTINE. ISALLOBARIC ANALYSIS AND TRENDS INDICATE THAT THIS BOUNDARY WILL PROPAGATE SEWD ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE LOW-LEVEL JET /30 KTS/ CONTINUES TO BACK INTO FEATURE...SUPPLYING AMPLE MOISTURE FOR CONVECTION. RADAR ANALYSIS SHOWS TSTMS ALREADY ERUPTING ALONG A LINE FROM FT. STOCKTON TO STERLING CITY. CURRENT SOUNDINGS INDICATE GOOD MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ABOVE SLIGHT INVERSION. NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER NW FLOW ALOFT WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION ALONG BOUNDARY INTO THIS EVENING WITH A POSSIBLE MCS DEVELOPING ACROSS OUR NE ZONES. THIS WILL ALL HANG ON EXACTLY HOW FAR SOUTH THE STATIONARY FRONT ADVANCES. WILL MENTION POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS /LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS/ FOR LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS ALONG/SOUTH OF SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS CLOUD BREAKS ALLOW MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE TO DESTABILIZE /SBCAPES 2500-3000 J/KG/. .LONG TERM... UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN RECEDING TO THE SOUTHWEST ON FRIDAY. BARRING ANOTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AS STRONG AS LAST NIGHT/S MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...WE EXPECT THE TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND BACK INTO THE 90S OVER MOST OF THE AREA FOR FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALSO REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE WILL KEEP THE AREA UNSTABLE. ETA IS PICKING UP A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES MOVING IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WITH THE UNSTABLE AIR AND...LIKELY LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA...AND SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW...WILL KEEP THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POPS GOING THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS. MODELS ARE INDICATING DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW AT 850MB SATURDAY NIGHT...SO HAVE LOWERED POPS ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE BIG BEND AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS AREA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM AGAIN ON SATURDAY AS THE LOW-LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE INTENSIFIES OVER THE AREA. BEYOND SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES LOOK TO SLOWLY FALL BACK TO NEAR NORMAL READINGS THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. WILL KEEP THE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS GOING ON MONDAY NIGHT AS SOUTHWEST FLOW BEGINS MOVING INTO THE AREA AT 500MB AND EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES COULD HELP SET CONVECTION OFF OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES. MOISTURE WILL ALSO STILL BE BACKED UP AGAINST THE MOUNTAINS WHICH WILL ALSO AID IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 66 93 70 97 / 20 20 20 10 CARLSBAD NM 65 98 67 101 / 20 20 30 10 DRYDEN TX 73 96 74 97 / 20 10 0 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 69 97 72 100 / 20 10 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 62 94 66 96 / 20 20 30 10 HOBBS NM 66 98 68 100 / 20 20 30 10 MARFA TX 60 88 62 95 / 20 20 20 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 67 95 70 99 / 20 20 20 10 ODESSA TX 67 96 70 99 / 20 10 20 10 WINK TX 71 101 68 105 / 20 10 20 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 01/20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 500 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-032000- 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- 500 AM CDT (400 AM MDT) THU JUN 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF A TATUM...HOBBS... ODESSA...MIDLAND...BIG LAKE LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS... ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY ANY SEVERE STORM THAT DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 223 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:21 UTC.
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
At least one vehicle was damaged by large hail along State Route 118.
Hail was reported along a nine mile stretch of U.S. Highway 90.
Severe thunderstorm winds were estimated at speeds between 60 and 70 MPH from Shafter to the Cibola Creek Ranch off of U.S. Highway 67. The winds were accompanied by "blinding" dust.
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