1 thunderstorm wind, 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 23, 11:40 AM MST, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 140 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 .SHORT TERM... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE ARE TONIGHT CONTINUING TO BE MAIN INFLUENCE ON WEATHER. DECREASED LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT A COUPLE DEGREES. MET AND MAV MOS GUIDANCE AT KMAF HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY PREDICTING LOWS OF 70 OR GREATER AT KMAF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WHILE OUR LOWS HAVE BEEN NO WARMER THAN 65. WEIGHTED LOWS ACROSS THE CWA TOWARD PERSISTENCE FROM OBSERVED LOWS OF LAST NIGHT FOR THIS REASON. SCALED BACK POPS JUST A BIT TO THE WEST SINCE IT WILL BE TOUGH FOR CONVECTION TO PROPAGATE AWAY FROM THE MOUNTAINS WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY INITIATING. CAN ALSO SEE SOME CUMULUS BUILDING UP OVER THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS. WILL NOT INSERT ISOLATED POPS AT THIS TIME. BELIEVE CAP IS STILL STRONG ENOUGH OVER THIS AREA TO KEEP THESE FROM DEVELOPING INTO THUNDERSTORMS. .LONG TERM... HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE UPPER SUBTROPICAL RIDGE MAINTAINS ITS POSITION AND STRENGTH. HIGHS TUESDAY COULD TOP 110 IN PLACES...MAINLY ALONG THE LOWER RIO GRANDE AND NEAR KINK. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE WAY... HOWEVER... AN AMPLIFYING SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRANSLATING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WILL INDUCE SUFFICIENT SURFACE ANTICYCLOGENESIS OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND PLAINS TO DRIVE A SURFACE COLD FRONT INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO SAG SOUTH ACROSS THE MAF CWFA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. MEANWHILE...THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOT WEATHER LATELY IS FORECAST TO MAINTAIN ITS POSITION THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN WEAKEN TOWARD THE WEEKEND. THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT WILL BE INFLUENCED BY COLD POOLS GENERATED BY MCS ACTIVITY TO OUR NORTHEAST...THUS TIMING OF THIS FRONT IS QUITE PROBLEMATIC. THE MODELS ARE SUFFERING FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES...MAKING PLACEMENT OF SURFACE FEATURES AND SENSIBLE WEATHER MORE DIFFICULT. WHAT DOES APPEAR LIKELY IS WE WILL SEE COOLER TEMPERATURES LATE IN THE WORK WEEK ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF BADLY NEEDED MOISTURE. LEE TROUGHING RESUMES THIS WEEKEND...AND AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERS IN RESPONSE...WARMER CONDITIONS ARE THEN FORECAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE TRENDED HIGHS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DOWN AS CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL ACT TO MODULATE SENSIBLE HEATING SOMEWHAT. WE ALSO BOOSTED POPS A BIT...UP TO 30 PERCENT IN PLACES...FOR THESE DAYS AS WELL. DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL EVOLUTION OF THIS SYSTEM...POPS AND QPF MAY NEED TO BE RAISED IN SUBSEQUENT ISSUANCES. OTHERWISE MINOR TWEAKS WERE NEEDED TO THE DATABASE THIS AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 67 100 72 96 / 0 0 0 0 CARLSBAD NM 67 103 68 101 / 10 0 0 10 DRYDEN TX 70 99 71 99 / 0 0 0 0 FORT STOCKTON TX 70 104 72 101 / 0 0 0 0 GUADALUPE PASS TX 66 99 69 96 / 10 0 0 10 HOBBS NM 68 102 69 98 / 20 0 0 20 MARFA TX 56 95 60 94 / 0 0 0 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 68 101 71 97 / 0 0 0 0 ODESSA TX 69 102 72 98 / 0 0 0 0 WINK TX 70 108 73 106 / 10 0 0 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 20/70
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 300 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-241900- 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 MON MAY 23 2005 (200 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS...ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SOME DRY LIGHTNING MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DISSIPATE BY LATE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 615 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 TXZ050-051-240000- ANDREWS TX-MARTIN TX- 615 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY AT 615 PM CDT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR LOCATION.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated thunderstorm produced damaging winds in Hobbs during the early evening hours of the 23rd. The Hobbs Police Department reported that large trees, power poles and lines were blown down by the severe winds.
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