1 hail, 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 May 12, 12:59 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 159 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 .SHORT TERM... COMPLEX PATTERN SETTING UP THIS EVENING WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO AND FRONT JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT COUNTY. THE SURFACE LOW IS DRAWING THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TOWARDS THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE NEW MEXICO PLAINS. THINK THE BETTER POPS WILL BE IN THE LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN TO THE STOCKTON PLATEAU AND DAVIS MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING WHERE THE DRYLINE WILL MOST LIKELY RESIDE AND CAP WEAKEST BEFORE IT RETREATS AGAIN LATER THIS EVENING TO THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS. WITH DRYLINE FEATURE ONLY AND LACK OF SIGNIFICANT WAVE AND FRONT STALLING...WILL ONLY MENTION SEVERE WORDING IN ZONES IN LEA COUNTY DUE TO CURRENT WATCH BOX. WILL MENTION ISOLATED POPS IN THE EASTERN PERMIAN BASIN OVERNIGHT FURTHER AWAY FROM DRYLINE. LOW CLOUDS TO FORM AGAIN OVERNIGHT WITH PATCHY FOG BUT DONT THINK IT WILL BE THINK ENOUGH TO MENTION IN ZONES. TWEAKED THE QPF GRID DOWNWARD WITH ETA WINDS AND DEW POINTS LOOKING REASONABLE .LONG TERM... BROAD UPPER LOW ACRS WYOMING LIFTS NE INTO NRN HIGH PLAINS FRI PHASING WITH NRN STREAM FLOW WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING UNDERNEATH NW MID LEVEL FLOW. THIS WILL WEAKEN SW MID LEVEL FLOW ACRS W TX FRI WHILE DRIVING FRONT S INTO NRN CWFA FRI EVENING. MID LEVEL FLOW ON THE WEAK SIDE (10KT 7H) FRI PM AND EWD PROGRESS OF DRYLINE WILL TEND TO FOLLOW POSITION OF SFC LOW. ATTP WILL TEND TO FAVOR EWD POSITION OF DRYLINE FRI PM THUS HOLDING POPS E AND S. AS FRONT PUSHES INTO TRANS PECOS SAT AM LOW LEVEL MSTR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS COOL MOIST UPSLOPE COMPONENT PREVAILS. MINOR SHRTWV ENERGY IN WEAK NW MID LEVEL FLOW SAT PM WITH 7H-5H LR/S AROUND 7 C/KM FAVORS CONVECTION IN TRANS PECOS REGION. GFS/NAM OPTIMISTIC IN PRECIP FCST ACRS LOWER TRANS PECOS SAT NIGHT THRU SUN NIGHT WITH COMPLEX BEING FED BY STOUT 85H SE WINDS. HOWEVER RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY IS LACKING IN MODELS AND HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME COMING TO A CONCEPTUAL SOLN WITH POTENTIAL FOR MULTIPLE COMPLEXES...THUS EXPECT LITTLE CHANGE IN POP/WX FCST. LOW LEVEL MSTR WILL REMAIN W MON AS MID LEVEL RIDGING MOVES INTO CENTRAL NM...THUS ISOLD POPS CONFINED TO NEAR MTNS. TUE-THUR DRY SW MID LEVEL FLOW PREVAILS AHEAD OF BROAD CYCLONE FLOW ACRS WRN STATES. THIS WILL SERVE TO AMPLIFY LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE, ERGO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 64 88 63 74 / 10 30 30 20 CARLSBAD NM 61 92 57 80 / 10 0 10 30 DRYDEN TX 69 89 65 80 / 20 20 10 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 66 91 61 81 / 20 10 20 30 GUADALUPE PASS TX 60 85 55 75 / 0 0 10 30 HOBBS NM 60 90 58 78 / 10 0 10 30 MARFA TX 55 85 52 77 / 10 0 10 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 65 89 59 76 / 10 20 20 20 ODESSA TX 65 90 58 77 / 10 20 20 20 WINK TX 66 97 61 84 / 20 10 20 20 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 235 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-131928- 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- 235 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 (135 PM MDT THU MAY 12 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS LEA COUNTY AND THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR HOBBS TO LAMESA. LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. ALSO ACROSS THE WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS PECOS REGION ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY FOR THE PERMIAN BASIN...WESTERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS...AND LOWER TRANS PECOS REGIONS OF WEST TEXAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY EXPECTED FROM THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN AND THE LOWER TRANS PECOS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT FROM THESE STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS OVER THE NORTHWEST PERMIAN BASIN AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 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.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 534 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 TXZ074-081-122300- BIG BEND AREA TX-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA TX- 534 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR NORTHERN BREWSTER COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARATHON AT 528 PM CDT...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...MARBLE SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT RURAL AREAS BETWEEN ALPINE AND MARATHON...ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 90...BUT COULD AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF MARATHON BY 600 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 223 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports of large hail were received as an isolated severe thunderstorm tracked along U.S. Highway 90 near Marathon. Initial reports indicated golfball size hail west of town. Nickel size hail was reported as the storm moved over Marathon.
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