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 Jun 8, 1:56 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 253 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004 .SHORT TERM... WILL GO WITH A 20 POP WEST TONIGHT FOR CONVECTION DUE TO LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH IN COMBINATION WITH A SHORTWAVE MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH OLD MEXICO. WILL CONFINE ISOLATED POPS IN THE EAST NEAR OR JUST WEST (ON SUBSIDENT SIDE) OF A 500 MILLIBAR TROUGH AXIS. INCREASED DEW POINT GRIDS A FEW DEGREES IN THE EAST...OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE TO OTHER GRIDS OVERNIGHT. .LONG TERM... THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA ATTM WAS CAPTURED BEST BY THE GFS...AND IF ONE FOLLOWS ITS SOLUTION...THE BEST LIFT WILL OCCUR WELL TO THE WEST OF THE CWFA. WILL MAINTAIN LOW ORDER POPS INVOF THE DRYLINE AND THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AS LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND OROGRAPHY MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS. IT APPEARS THAT THE DRYLINE WILL ATTEMPT TO MIX FARTHER EAST OUT ONTO THE PLAINS FRIDAY AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRANSLATES EAST OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...AND THE AREA OF CONVECTIVE INITIATION SHOULD TRANSLATE EAST AS WELL...WITH THE BEST AREAS FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE GLASS MOUNTAINS NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. OTHERWISE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AWIPS INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS GREATLY IMPACTED FORECAST OPERATIONS TODAY AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES CONTINUE...CONSEQUENTLY VERY LITTLE WAS DONE AT LONGER PROJECTIONS. THIS IS GOOD CONSIDERING THAT VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED REGARDING MODEL SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MORE OR LESS NUDGING THEM TOWARD GFS CONSENSUS MOS AND PERSISTENCE...WHILE MAKING NO CHANGES TO POP... SKY...WX...AND QPF GRIDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 74 93 71 96 / 10 0 0 10 CARLSBAD NM 69 96 67 100 / 20 10 10 0 DRYDEN TX 73 92 72 96 / 10 0 0 10 FORT STOCKTON TX 72 94 70 97 / 20 10 10 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 69 90 65 89 / 20 10 10 0 HOBBS NM 67 96 68 98 / 20 10 10 10 MARFA TX 64 87 55 89 / 20 20 20 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 71 94 70 96 / 10 10 10 10 ODESSA TX 70 95 70 97 / 10 10 10 10 WINK TX 75 101 71 104 / 20 10 10 10 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. NM...NONE. && 12/70
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 235 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-091000- 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- 235 PM CDT (135 PM MDT) TUE JUN 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT WITH THE GREATEST ACTIVITY EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST TEXAS...SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE ISOLATED ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE EXTREME WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 225 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe multicell thunderstorms affected the Marathon area on the afternoon of the 8th. The U.S. Border Patrol reported three quarter inch hail at the check point south of Marathon on U.S. Highway 385.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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