A supercell thunderstorm moved over the plains of eastern New Mexico through the far northeastern corner of Lea county in southeastern New Mexico, dropping baseball sized hail for five minutes.
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A supercell thunderstorm moved over the plains of eastern New Mexico through the far northeastern corner of Lea county in southeastern New Mexico, dropping baseball sized hail for five minutes.
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 4, 11:15 PM MST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 115 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 .UPDATE... WILL SEND AN UPDATE SHORTLY TO RID ZONES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. REALIGNED POPS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT ACCORDING TO CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 145 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-051837- 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- 145 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 (1245 PM MDT MON JUL 4 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A HOBBS...KERMIT...FORT STOCKTON...SANDERSON LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AGAIN ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE PERMIAN BASIN...AND PORTIONS OF THE UPPER TRANS PECOS REGION. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 823 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 TXZ070-050230- REAGAN TX- 823 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR REAGAN COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF NORTH REAGAN FIRE STATION OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN REAGAN COUNTY AT 823 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN REAGAN COUNTY. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1220 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 TXZ075-050615- PECOS TX- 1220 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF GIRVIN AT 1220 AM CDT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:48 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported baseball hail that fell for five minutes just east of Gladiola on U.S. Highway 380.
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