1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 14, 8:22 PM MST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1022 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED FORECAST DATABASE TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INFO. HAVE ADJUSTED POP...QPF...AND WX GRIDS TO REFLECT ONGOING AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS...ADDING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTH...LOWERING POPS ACROSS THE WEST SOMEWHAT...AND BUMPING POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. TEXT PRODUCTS OUT THE DOOR...GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS ROLLING OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE... && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 300 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005/ ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX # 278 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 CDT (9 PM MDT)... SHORT TERM... 14/19Z METAR AND RAWS DATA INDICATE THE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE AND WEST OF CULBERSON COUNTY. STRATUS OVER THE PLAINS AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN SLOW TO THIN...BUT THE LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS THIS IS UNDERWAY. KMAF 88D RADAR IS ALSO SHOWING A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE PECOS RIVER. THE FOCUS OF THE SHORT TERM FORECAST WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPC CURRENTLY HAS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO PLAINS...FAR WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS AND EASTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A DECENT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE BIG BEND REGION WITH HEFTY CAPE VALUES AND STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES...SO WE HAVE INCLUDED A MENTION OF SEVERE STORMS OVER THIS REGION IN THE UPCOMING FORECAST. THE BULK OF THE INHERITED FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND FEW CHANGES WERE MADE. WE DID INCREASE POPS SLIGHTLY FOR MOST AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER. LONG TERM... NOT PLANNING ON MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GRIDS THIS FORECAST CYCLE. GFS HAS BEEN ADVERTISING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT SINCE WEDNESDAY FOR TOMORROW AND ITS RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY ON POPS HAS ALSO BEEN CONSISTENT...WHICH IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO GOING FORECAST SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. DID BEEF POPS UP INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST TEXAS SUNDAY AND IN THE EDDY COUNTY PLAINS WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST. KEPT THE CHANCE POPS GOING SUNDAY NIGHT...INCREASED THEM A TAD WITH SOME TIMING AND STRENGTH ISSUES BUT EXPECTING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. KEPT A LINGERING 10-20 POP ALL AREAS MONDAY BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE LEFT BEHIND WITH SOME CONTINUED TIMING UNCERTAINTY. THE REST OF THE FORECAST ADVERTISES AN UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES WITH AN UPPER TROUGH TRANSLATING FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE EAST COAST. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAINLY DRY PATTERN AT THIS TIME...IF THE NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH DOES NOT AMPLIFY ENOUGH TO DRAG THE FRONT THIS FAR SOUTH AND WEST THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED THROUGHOUT NEXT WEEK AS IT ATTEMPTS TO MOVE SOUTH. DID INCLUDE AN ISOLATED POP IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND LOWER TRANS PECOS TUESDAY DUE TO THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY STILL HOLDING NEAR A SURFACE TROUGH BUT KEPT REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST DRY AT THIS TIME. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 20/70
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 300 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-151834- 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- 300 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 (200 PM MDT SAT MAY 14 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERNS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLY AFFECTING THE SAME AREAS ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS THIS WEEKEND...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY. LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE AS IT APPEARS THIS AREA MAY RECEIVE TWO OR THREE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...MUCH OF THE PERMIAN BASIN...TRANS PECOS...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND BIG BEND REGION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
743 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM HAIL 1 W PRESIDIO 29.56N 104.38W
05/14/2005 0.75 INCH PRESIDIO TX PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
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SNSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 933 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 TXZ075-150330- PECOS TX- 933 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF FORT STOCKTON ALONG INTERSTATE 10 AT 933 PM CDT. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AND MAY BECOME SEVERE SHORTLY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING OF ARROYOS...LOW WATER CROSSING...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1134 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 TXZ061-062-068-069-150515- CRANE TX-ECTOR TX-MIDLAND TX-UPTON TX- 1134 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN CRANE... NORTHWESTERN UPTON...SOUTHEASTERN ECTOR AND WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRANE JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 385 AT 1134 PM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN ODESSA AREA BY AROUND 1230 AM EARLY THIS MORNING. SMALL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF MARBLES AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLY RESULTING IN LOCAL FLOODING OF DRAWS...BAR DITCHES...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY.
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 188 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:33 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous reports of quarter to golfball size hail were received from the area in the vicinity of the Carlsbad Airport as a severe thunderstorm propagated southeast off of the Sacramento Mountains.
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