An isolated tornadic supercell developed over southern Pecos County during the afternoon of the 9th. This storm produced hail up to the size of tennis balls and damaging winds as it propagated southeast over parts of southern Pecos, northeastern Brewster, and southwestern Terrell Counties during a four hour period.
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An isolated tornadic supercell developed over southern Pecos County during the afternoon of the 9th. This storm produced hail up to the size of tennis balls and damaging winds as it propagated southeast over parts of southern Pecos, northeastern Brewster, and southwestern Terrell Counties during a four hour period. A tornado was observed in open country by ranchers along the Pecos and Brewster County line.
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 Jun 9, 2:28 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 328 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 .UPDATE... WILL SEND TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 443 WITH REGULARLY SCHEDULED ZONE ISSUANCE. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 227 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005/ SHORT TERM... THE DRYLINE EXTENDS FROM EAST OF ROSWELL TO NEAR CARLSBAD TO JUST EAST OF PECOS AND FORT STOCKTON LATE THIS MORNING. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...AS TEMPERATURES ARE WARMING INTO THE UPPER 80S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S TO NEAR 70. MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES WILL BE RUNNING FROM 3000-4000 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF THE DRYLINE. IN ADDITION...THE NAM-40 SHOWS INCREASING 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VECTORS TO NEAR 40-45 KNOTS ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN/TRANS PECOS REGIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE LATEST NAM/GFS MODELS SHOW THE BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS AND THE LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THAT CONVECTION HAS FIRED IN THIS SAME AREA OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INCREASED POPS TO 30-40 PCT IN THE AREAS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE...ENOUGH HEATING MAY OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR THE CAP TO BREAK ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN. CONFIDENCE OF CONVECTION IS SLIGHTLY LESS ACROSS THE PB AND LOWER TRANS PECOS SO WILL ONLY GO WITH 20-30 PCT POPS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. GIVEN THE IMPRESSIVE AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY AND THE INCREASING BULK SHEAR...ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE QUICKLY WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERNS. BY TONIGHT...BOTH THE NAM/GFS ARE HINTING AT A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS. A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX HAS BEEN ONGOING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING...WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT SHIFTING WEST INTO WEST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA ON OUTFLOW. IF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE ON THE OUTFLOW...IT SEEMS FEASABLE THAT A NEW COMPLEX COULD DEVELOP NEAR THE RED RIVER VALLEY WESTWARD INTO NORTHWEST TEXAS AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. WILL GO AHEAD AND KEEP CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS TO COVER POSSIBLE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OR DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALL OTHER GRIDS ARE GENERALLY IN GOOD SHAPE. DID MAKE SOME MINOR EDITS TO MIN TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. LONG TERM... AN UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN CONUS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHILE AN UPPER RIDGE WILL CARRY ON OVER THE EAST. THIS PORTENDS A PERIOD OF ACTIVE WEATHER FOR THE CWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP PRETTY MUCH EACH AFTERNOON/EVENING ALONG A DIURNALLY ACTIVE DRYLINE. THE FIRST SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD IS APPARENT ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY...AND TRACKING SOUTH/ SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SAME TO TRANSLATE INTO THE BASE OF UPPER TROUGH AND IMPINGE UPON THE CWA TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT MAX HEATING. THE DRYLINE WILL MIX EASTWARD...BUT AT LEAST THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA WILL BE IN A LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RICH ENVIRONMENT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SO INSTABILITY WILL BE AT A PREMIUM WITH VALUES IN THE VICINITY OF 3500 TO 4000 J/KG. STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 8 C/KM ABOVE THE SHARPENING DRYLINE AND 0 TO 6 KM BULK SHEAR VECTORS AROUND 35 KT WILL COINCIDE WITH INCREASING SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT AND LIKELY PRODUCE A ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CONVECTION TONIGHT MAY BE RESIDING OVER THE WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...NORTHERN PERMIAN BASIN...OR MAYBE THE CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SO AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THIS BOUNDARY IF IT MATERIALIZES. COULD SEE TSRA TRANSFORM INTO AN MCS BY EVENING...THEN MOVE EAST/SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FRIDAY NIGHT. HAVE UPPED THE POPS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA AND WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF SEVERE STORMS IN THE ZONES. ON SATURDAY...THE DRYLINE WILL AGAIN MIX TO THE EASTERN CWA BY AFTERNOON. PARAMETERS WILL BE SIMILAR TO FRIDAY/S EXCEPT THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A WELL DEFINED SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...AND THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA MAY NOT HAVE RECOVERED FULLY IF AN MCS PASSES OVER THESE AREAS. THEREFORE...WILL RETAIN THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSRA OVER THE EAST...BUT THINK THE INCIDENCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOW ENOUGH TO NOT MENTION... EXCEPT IN THE HWO. SUNDAY IS A POSER THOUGH...AS MODELS GRAPPLING WITH THE TIMING...SPEED...AND STRENGTH OF THE NEXT SUBSTANTIAL SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO SWING THROUGH THE BASE OF UPPER TROUGH. ECMWF AND NOGAPS HAVE A DEEPER...SLOWER APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH SUNDAY... WHILE THE ETA HAS TRENDED TOWARD THE FASTER...FURTHER NORTH GFS SOLUTION. HAVE GONE WITH A COMPROMISE FOR NOW....WHICH ENTAILS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSRA...ALONG WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. IF SUBSEQUENT RUNS TREND TOWARD THE SLOWER...DEEPER SOLUTIONS...THEN POPS WILL HAVE TO BE MOVED WESTWARD AND INCREASED...AS WILL THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS. REGARDLESS OF WHICH SOLUTION TURNS OUT CORRECT...IT APPEARS ONLY ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS UPPER TROUGH WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL RMEAIN NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 21/67
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 200 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-101847- 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 THU JUN 9 2005 (1247 PM MDT THU JUN 9 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG DAYTIME HEATING WILL COMBINE WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...AND CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRYLINE...FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A MALJAMAR TO FORT DAVIS TO PRESIDIO LINE. A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...SO FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LARGE SCALE LIFT FROM AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND EXTREME INSTABILITY ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN MAY BE EXPLOSIVE ON FRIDAY...WITH THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 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 322 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 TXZ081-092115- BIG BEND AREA TX- 322 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR SOUTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAJITAS AT 322 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. IF IT MAINTAINS ITS CURRENT PATH AND INTENSITY...SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR BREWSTER COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF BREWSTER COUNTY BY 5 PM CDT. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAJITAS...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 326 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 TXZ075-092100- PECOS TX- 326 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL PECOS COUNTY AT 326 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY AND MAY BECOME SEVERE QUICKLY. PERSONS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PECOS COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
The National Park Service reported that large hail caused minor damage in Big Bend National Park. A visitor's rental car was damaged by hailstones estimated to be at least one inch in diameter at Santa Elena Canyon.
Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Lajitas.A pair of severe thunderstorms propagated northward and crossed the Rio Grande during the afternoon of the 9th. These storms produced large hail in southern Brewster County.
Ranchers in southern Pecos County reported large hail up to the size of golfballs along a swath from U.S. Highway 385 southeastward along Longfellow Ranch Road.
Hen egg size hail was reported on the Allison Ranch just off of U.S. Highway 385 in southern Pecos County. No damage was reported.
A rancher in far southern Pecos County reported quarter size hail at his residence.
Two ranchers in southern Pecos and northern Brewster Counties independently observed a tornado along the Pecos and Brewster County line. The tornado remained in open rangeland and caused no damage.
Two ranchers in southern Pecos and northern Brewster Counties independently observed a tornado along the Pecos and Brewster County line. The tornado remained in open rangeland and caused no damage.
A rancher in far southern Pecos County estimated that thunderstorm winds gusted up to 60 MPH and accompanied quarter size hail at his residence.
Nickel size hail was accompanied by damaging thunderstorm winds along U.S. Highway 90 in northeastern Brewster County.
A porch was blown off a rural residence near U.S. Highway 90 in northeastern Brewster County. Large hail up to the size of nickels accompanied the damaging wind gusts.
The roof of a trailer house was blown off by damaging thunderstorm winds at a ranch near Longfellow.
Law enforcement officials reported nickel size hail on U.S. Highway 90 along the Pecos and Terrell County line.
Law enforcement officials reported nickel size hail on U.S. Highway 90 along the Pecos and Terrell County line.
Nickel size hail was reported at the Terrell County Airport.
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