A cluster of strong to severe convection developed during the late evening of the 23rd just north of a cold front over the southern Permian Basin in west Texas. Hail up to the size of pennies was reported with these storms.
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A cluster of strong to severe convection developed during the late evening of the 23rd just north of a cold front over the southern Permian Basin in west Texas. Hail up to the size of pennies was reported with these storms.
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 Feb 23, 10:29 AM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1029 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 .UPDATE... HAVE SENT OUT UPDATED ZFP TO REMOVE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 520 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005/ UPDATE... WILL BE ISSUING A DENSE FOG ADVISORY SHORTLY. VSBYS HAVE GONE DOWN TO 1/4 MILE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND UPPER TRANS PECOS. WILL LEAVE THE ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM CST. PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT SHORTLY. 20 PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 440 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005/ SHORT TERM... CURRENTLY...DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED IN THE PERMIAN BASIN...WITH VSBYS DOWN TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS NEAR THE MIDLAND/ODESSA AREA. FOG SATELLITE PRODUCT SHOWS THIS AREA OF FOG FAIRLY WELL. WILL INSERT AREAS OF FOG FOR THE MORNING HOURS. THE DENSE FOG DOES NOT COVER A WIDE AREA JUST YET THIS MORNING...SO WE ARE HOLDING OFF ON A DENSE FOG ADVISORY. MAY ISSUE AN ADVISORY LATER IF THE FOG SPREADS TO MORE AREAS. COMPLEX SURFACE PATTERN TODAY OVER THE AREA. NORTHEAST WINDS...LOW CLOUDS...LEADING EDGE OF COLD FRONT HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. THE POSITION OF THIS FEATURE WILL MAKE THE FORECAST FAIRLY DIFFICULT IN OUR AREA. EXPECT THE FRONT TO SAG A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH THIS MORNING...BEFORE SFC PRESSURE FALLS AND DAYTIME HEATING SLOW IT UP...AND MAYBE PUSH IT BACK NORTH A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. DO NOT EXPECT A LOT OF MOVEMENT UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT WHEN THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH MOST OF THE CWA HOWEVER. WITH THAT IN MIND...THE FRONT SHOULD REMAIN LOCATED ALONG A WNW/ESE LINE ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN OR WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. THE FRONT WILL ACT AS A FOCUS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION MAINLY ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN AND WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. COULD SEE SOME ACTIVITY FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHEASTERN NM...BUT BETTER MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE EAST. WITH 0 TO 6 KM BULK SHEAR MAGNITUDES OF GREATER THAN 50 KTS EXPECTED FROM THE PERMIAN BASIN NORTHWARD... ORGANIZED CONVECTION WITH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS AGAIN POSSIBLE. LAPSE RATES OF 6.5 TO 7.5 DEG C/KM...LIFTED INDICES POTENTIALLY DOWN TO -5C...ALSO INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. LONG TERM... THE STRONG MID AND UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN CA WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE TO AFFECT WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK. WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF MID- LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. ONLY MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE POPS GRIDS THROUGH THE ABOVE MENTIONED PERIOD...NAMELY TO INCREASE POPS THURSDAY OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AS LOW-LEVEL EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW INCREASES AND A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO EAST-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. FORECAST SOUNDINGS OVER NORTHERN LEA COUNTY INDICATE A MIX OF RAIN/SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT...SO THIS HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE FORECAST. POPS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER LOW SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA. A STRONG NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS ON SUNDAY AND DRIVE A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY OR EARLY MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ALL SUGGEST ANOTHER LOW AFFECTING CA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 70/10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 200 PM CST WED FEB 23 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-241952- 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 CST WED FEB 23 2005 (100 PM MST WED FEB 23 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...THE PERMIAN BASIN... AND THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS. THIS SLIGHT RISK AREA IS FOR THAT PART OF WEST TEXAS NORTH OF A SANDERSON TO FORT STOCKTON LINE...AND SOUTH OF A FORT STOCKTON...ODESSA... TO COLORADO CITY LINE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT...HOWEVER SCATTERED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD OVER PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY AND EARLY FRIDAY. RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR BRIEFLY CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW OVER THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE GUADALUPE AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT AND RESULT IN NO ACCUMULATION. THEREFORE... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING FROM THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS OF WEST TEXAS SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE LOWER TRANS PECOS. 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.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MAF
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:25 UTC.
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The Texas Department of Transportation reported baseball size hail at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2400 and Texas Highway 349.
A rural resident of northeastern Terrell County encountered golfball to baseball size hail along Texas Highway 349 near Independence Creek.An isolated supercell thunderstorm initiated near a dryline and cold front triple point over southern Pecos County during the afternoon of the 23rd. This storm rapidly intensified as it moved east into northern Terrell County. Two independent reports of giant hail were received as the storm traversed rural portions of the county.
Employees at the the Benedum Gas Plant reported penny size hail on the Upton and Reagan County line.
Employees at the the Benedum Gas Plant reported penny size hail on the Upton and Reagan County line.
A rural resident in northern Reagan County reported penny size hail that covered the ground just north of the Farm to Market Road 1357 and Texas Route 137 intersection.
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