1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 4, 2:27 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 327 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2005 .SHORT TERM... UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF U.S. TODAY BUT CENTER OF IT SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO ALLOW FOR A CHANGE IN SURFACE FEATURES OVERNIGHT. HAD CONVECTION LAST EVENING ACROSS THE LOWER TRANS PECOS THAT DIED OUT BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE SHORTWAVE THAT CAUSED IT CONTINUES TO SPIN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. ETA DOES NOT SEEM TO PICK UP ON THIS FEATURES BUT GFS HAS IT TRACKING ACROSS THE BIG BEND THIS MORNING AND OUT OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ADDED ISOLATED POPS THIS MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE PECOS RIVER AND WILL KEEP ISOLATED TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST TO EAST WIND WILL KEEP MOISTURE UP AND EXPECT MORE CLOUD COVER TODAY. MORE CLOUDS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER 850 TEMPS SHOULD KEEP HIGHS A DEGREE OR TWO BELOW YESTERDAY. MAIN EVENT IN SHORT TERM IS A COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO BLOW INTO THE AREA BEFORE 12Z FRIDAY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT... THE MORE PRECIP THAT DEVELOPS THE FASTER THE FRONT WILL PROGRESS SOUTHWARD. .LONG TERM... CONCERNS WILL FOCUS ON AN INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN AND BELOW SEASONAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT IMPACTS THE AREA. BY 12Z FRIDAY THE EFFECTIVE FRONTAL BOUNDARY /PERHAPS ENHANCED BY CONVECTION/ IS PROGGED TO HAVE SWEPT SOUTH INTO THE FA. SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS CURRENTLY DEPICTED IN THE GRIDS SEEM REASONABLE THROUGH THE DAY GIVEN PROXIMITY TO BOUNDARY. WILL DRAW THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE NORTHWEST ZONES LATE FRIDAY/EARLY SATURDAY WHEN MODEL SOLUTIONS GENERATE NEAR SATURATED COLUMNS IN POINT FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS CONVECTION IS PROGGED TO ERUPT AND/OR PERSIST ALONG THE FRONT AND IN UPSLOPE FLOW TO ITS NORTH. WILL MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL GIVEN ANTICIPATED PWAT VALUES APPROACHING 1.5 INCHES AND VERY WEAK FLOW/SLOW STORM MOTION. WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS THROUGH SATURDAY AS REMNANTS OF OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL AID CONVECTIVE INITIATION. RAIN CHANCES WILL GENERALLY DECREASE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK AS TEMPERATURES MODERATE/WARM TOWARD SEASONAL NORMS. DEEP NORTHEASTERLY/EASTERLY FLOW WILL TRANSITION TO VERY WEAK/NEAR MERIDIONAL MID LEVEL FLOW AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE REFORMS TO THE WEST OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. ISOLATED TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ARE WARRANTED HOWEVER AS SOLUTIONS HINT THAT A WEAK MID LEVEL SHEAR AXIS MAY PERSIST OVER THE THE AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 92 67 84 66 / 10 40 40 40 CARLSBAD NM 93 66 85 66 / 10 40 30 40 DRYDEN TX 92 70 90 69 / 20 20 30 30 FORT STOCKTON TX 92 68 86 68 / 20 20 30 40 GUADALUPE PASS TX 86 61 78 64 / 10 30 30 40 HOBBS NM 92 67 84 66 / 10 40 40 50 MARFA TX 83 57 80 56 / 20 20 30 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 92 67 83 67 / 10 40 40 40 ODESSA TX 92 67 85 68 / 10 40 40 40 WINK TX 96 69 91 69 / 10 20 30 40 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 72/10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 200 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-041808- 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- 200 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 (100 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED NON/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...PERMIAN BASIN...LOWER TRANS PECOS... STOCKTON PLATEAU...DAVIS MOUNTAINS AREA...AND BIG BEND REGION INTO THIS EVENING. ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS ON THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND TO EITHER SIDE OF THIS FRONT DURING THESE TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. 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), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:51 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe thunderstorm traveled across Pecos county, producing hen egg size hail southeast of Bakersfield.
The Automated Weather Observing System at Odessa Schlemeyer Airport (KODO) measured a 72 mph wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5469286, 5469285.