An isolated supercell thunderstorm erupted along a dryline over eastern Lea County during the late afternoon of the 10th. This storm split early in its life cycle, and the dominant left moving member quickly propagated northeast.
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An isolated supercell thunderstorm erupted along a dryline over eastern Lea County during the late afternoon of the 10th. This storm split early in its life cycle, and the dominant left moving member quickly propagated northeast. This storm produced a swath of destructive hail ranging in size from nickels to tennis balls as it affected the Hobbs area. The hail was intermittently driven by severe winds. Storm total damage estimates exceeded $400,000. No injuries were reported.
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 May 10, 2:12 PM MST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
412 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005
.UPDATE...
STRONG CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG THE DRYLINE OVER THE UPPER TRANS
PECOS...WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE BIG BEND. UPDATE WILL
FOLLOW SHORTLY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX NUMBER 242.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 221 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005/
SHORT TERM...
NOT A LOT OF CHANGES TO PREVIOUS THINKING. EXPECTING DRYLINE TO SHARPEN
SIGNIFICANTLY OUT WEST THIS EVENING WITH FALLING HEIGHTS AND APPROACH OF
SHORTWAVES IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. RUC DRYLINE POSITION MOST REASONABLE
BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS IN OBSERVATIONS AND GUIDANCE. WILL MENTION SEVERE
WORDING OVERNIGHT AS SOME STRONG STORMS MAY BE ONGOING PAST MIDNIGHT AS
THE LOW LEVEL JET CRANKS TO 50 KNOTS BY 1 AM. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD SPREAD
BACK WEST LATER TONIGHT WITH THE UPSLOPE FLOW TO COVER A SIGNIFICANT PORTION
OF THE PERMIAN BASIN. CONTINUED TO USE THE LATEST RUC GUIDANCE FOR MOST
REASONABLE DEW POINT PROJECTION WITH ETA WINDS MOST REASONABLE.
LONG TERM...
CUTOFF LOW...AND SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF
IT...PORTENDS A BUSY WEEK AHEAD. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH
INTO THE AREA FRIDAY/SATURDAY WILL MAKE IT MORE SO.
EXPECT A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TO TREK OVER THE AREA IN THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS EMBEDDED IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WEDNESDAY
ALMOST APPEARS TO BE A DOWN DAY AS FAR AS THUNDERSTORMS/SEVERE
WEATHER AS THE DRYLINE LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MIX TO THE EASTERN THIRD
OF THE CWA. ATMOSPHERE WILL BE PLENTY UNSTABLE THOUGH...SO THINK AT
LEAST WIDELY SCATTERED TSRA WARRANTED IN THE GRIDS. ALTHOUGH THERE
DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE MUCH OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH COMING ACROSS THE
CWA AT MAX HEATING TOMORROW...THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY
AND SHEAR TO KEEP A MENTION OF ISOLATED SEVERE TSRA GOING IN THE
HWO.
OSCILLATING DRYLINE WILL HEAD BACK WEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT WITH
BACKED FLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE COLUMN THURSDAY...WILL MIX ONLY INTO
THE CENTRAL CWA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE GFS AND NAM INDICATING A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SO HAVE
LEFT CHANCE OF TSRA THESE AREAS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SHOULD BE
PLENTY OF MOISTURE...HENCE INSTABILITY...FOR TSRA DEVELOPMENT. 0 TO
6 KM BULK SHEAR VECTORS PROGGED TO BE AT LEAST 30 KT...WHICH WILL BE
SUFFICIENTLY STRONG FOR STORMS TO ORGANIZE AND GO SEVERE. WILL
LEAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSRA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND A CHANCE OF TSRA
THURSDAY NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES EACH NIGHT DUE TO
PROXIMITY OF SEMI/PERMANENT UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CONUS.
ON FRIDAY...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE APPROACHING THE AREA. LATEST
DATA DEPICTING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH TO THE NORTHERN
FRINGE OF THE CWA. NATURALLY...THIS TIMING COULD CHANGE AS
CONVECTION BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE INTEGRAL TO IT/S
PROGRESS...ESPECIALLY THIS FAR SOUTH IN MID MAY. THE GFS/NAM APPEAR
TO BE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONT...BUT WILL LIKELY NOT CATCH
EVEN THE APPROXIMATE TIME THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. FOR
NOW...WILL GO WITH THE FRONT NEARING THE NORTHERN CWA FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. BOTH MODELS ALSO INDICATING A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING
ALONG THE BOUNDARY...WHICH WOULD PUT A TRIPLE POINT IN THE
NORTH/NORTHEAST CWA THEN. WOULD UP THE POPS...BUT NOT CERTAIN OF THE
TIMING...SO WILL LEAVE THE CHANCE OF TSRA ALREADY IN THE GRIDS...AND
MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS.
WESTERN CONUS UPPER TROUGH FINALLY EJECTS EASTWARD FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECIPITATION COULD LAST OVER A GOOD DEAL OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT
BEFORE COOLER AIR PLUNGES THROUGH THE CWA SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF
PASSING TROUGH. IF THIS SCENARIO PLAYS OUT...WE COULD HAVE
TEMPERATURES OVER 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL SATURDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY
LESS BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES COME
BACK QUICKLY MONDAY AS FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE ZONAL. WILL LEAVE
NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE TEMPERATURES...AND MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS...
ALONE MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS HEIGHTS RISE A LITTLE AND MOISTURE NOT
AS READILY AVAILABLE.
&&
.MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR EDDY AND LEA
COUNTIES.
TX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR ANDREWS...
BREWSTER...CRANE...CULBERSON...DAWSON...ECTOR...GAINES...
JEFF DAVIS...LOVING...MARTIN...MIDLAND...PECOS...PRESIDIO...
REEVES...UPTON...WARD...AND WINKLER.
&&
99/99HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX...UPDATED 330 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-111916- 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- 330 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2005 (230 PM MDT TUE MAY 10 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WHICH INCLUDES THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE NEW MEXICO PLAINS...THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...SOUTH TO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF CARLSBAD...HOBBS... FORT DAVIS...ANDREWS...SEMINOLE...ORLA...PECOS...WINK...KERMIT...MIDLAND AND ODESSA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS AND THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN THIS EVENING AS SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BRING ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE NORTHWESTWARD. A DRYLINE WILL SHARPEN AND BE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS BY EVENING AND REMAIN AGAINST THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS DRYLINE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN INCLUDING MIDLAND AND ODESSA AS A LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS... HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AS WIND SHEAR INCREASES EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY POSE AN INCREASED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING PARTS OF THE AREA ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS THIS WEEK...THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY INCREASE BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PARTICULARLY OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...THE TRANS PECOS REGION AND THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE) HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Hobbs Police Department reported that several road signs were blown down in Nadine.
A left moving supercell thunderstorm quickly propagated northeast across eastern Lea County during the late afternoon of the 10th. This storm produced a swath of destructive hail ranging in size from nickels to golfballs as it moved from southwest of Hobbs, in the vicinity of the Hobbs Airport, and then over the city. Local officials reported extensive damage to vehicles, roofs, and windows. No injuries were reported.
Storm spotters reported that sporadic tennis ball size hailstones accompanied smaller hailstones in downtown Hobbs. Extensive damage occurred as windows were shattered in vehicles, homes, and businesses. No injuries were reported.
Local officials reported that wind gusts to 60 MPH accompanied the large hail north of Hobbs. These winds blew large hail horizontally and destroyed lightweight structures such as sheds and carports.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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