An isolated severe thunderstorm initiated along the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas during the late afternoon of the 6th and propagated east across the Upper Trans Pecos region. This storm resulted in large amounts of hail up to the size of half dollars and occasional severe wind gusts.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm initiated along the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas during the late afternoon of the 6th and propagated east across the Upper Trans Pecos region. This storm resulted in large amounts of hail up to the size of half dollars and occasional severe wind gusts. No significant damage was reported.
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 Mar 6, 2:11 PM CST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 211 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2005 .SHORT TERM... SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS HAVE INCREASED LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TODAY. DEW POINTS AS OF 19Z WERE IN THE LOWER 40S TO LOWER 50S ACROSS THE CWA. VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP CONTINUES TO SHOW A CLEARING TREND FOR ROUGHLY THE WESTERN 1/2 OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CU FIELD CONTINUES TO DEVELOP WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND WE EXPECT WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVER THE ABOVE MENTIONED REGION. THE SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE UNDERESTIMATING THE CAPE FIELDS...AND GIVEN FAVORABLE SHEAR AND DYNAMICS...A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE SEVERE HAIL/WINDS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THIS POSSIBILITY IN THE UPCOMING HWO. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. .LONG TERM... LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER PATTERN TO TAKE SHAPE IN THE LONG TERM AS UPPER AIR REGIME TRANSITIONS INTO A WESTERN RIDGE/EASTERN TROUGH SCENARIO BY MONDAY. THE MAIN CHALLENGE MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE THE CONTINUING SINKING SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM INTO MEXICO DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD AND ITS INTERACTION WITH A WEAK NORTHERN STREAM BOUNDARY. WILL HOLD ON TO ISOLATED TO SLIGHT POPS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BIG BEND AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH THE WEAK FRONT DUE THROUGH THIS REGION LATE MONDAY WITH SOME AFFECTS OF DIFLUENCE AND BACKING OF MID LEVEL FLOW FROM THE OLD SOUTHERN STREAM LOW AS WELL AS SOME UPSLOPE RETURN BEHIND THE BOUNDARY FROM THE LOWER RIO GRANDE. BY WEDNESDAY THE WEATHER SHOULD BE QUIET AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL DEFINITELY HAVE SHIFTED SOUTH AND EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. THE MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE THE TIMING AND STRENGTHS OF COLD FRONTS WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY IN THE DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. MODELS HAVE BEEN WAFFLING FROM RUN TO RUN ON STRENGTH OF JETS/SHORTWAVES PLOWING TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEYS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FOR THIS REASON WILL NOT WARM TEMPERATURES TOO MUCH AS POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME COOLING IF A MORE AMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS VERIFIES WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. LONGER RANGE GUIDANCE INDICATING ANOTHER REGIME TRANSITION NEXT WEEKEND...TO A FAST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. HIGH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS WITH WINDY CONDITIONS IN PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS. MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE INDICATED WITH LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 47 65 42 65 / 30 0 0 0 CARLSBAD NM 45 69 38 69 / 30 0 0 0 DRYDEN TX 54 73 48 64 / 30 10 10 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 51 72 45 66 / 30 0 0 10 GUADALUPE PASS TX 41 62 42 63 / 20 0 0 0 HOBBS NM 44 69 38 68 / 30 0 0 0 MARFA TX 40 67 36 63 / 20 0 10 10 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 48 67 40 65 / 30 0 0 0 ODESSA TX 48 68 40 66 / 30 0 0 0 WINK TX 50 73 41 71 / 30 0 0 0 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06/12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 230 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-072019- 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- 230 PM CST SUN MAR 6 2005 (130 PM MST SUN MAR 6 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING OVER SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE ANY SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE PECOS RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... LAW ENFORCEMENT...LOCAL MEDIA AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION THIS 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.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MAF
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 154 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Officials in Reeves County reported half dollar size hail that accumulated three inches deep along a three mile stretch of U.S. Highway 285 southeast of Orla.
Law enforcement officials reported that 60 to 70 MPH severe thunderstorm wind gusts accompanied large hail south of Orla.
At 18:53 CST, the Loving County Emergency Manager reported half dollar size hail in Mentone. The swath of large hail and its parent severe thunderstorm continued east across southern Loving County. By 19:30 CST, local officials reported penny size hail that covered Interstate 20 fifteen miles east-northeast of Mentone. The accumulating hail resulted in slick driving conditions along the interstate.
Two separate reports indicated quarter size hail along Texas Highway 18 south of Kermit.
The large hail south of Kermit was accompanied by severe wind gusts.
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