4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 25, 1:51 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 251 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 .SHORT TERM... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CWA WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN MEXICO. THIS LOW SHOWS UP WELL AT 250 MB ON THE GFS MODEL. GFS MOVES THIS LOW NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA TONIGHT. MODELS ALSO SHOW A THETA-E RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN CWA. HAVE RAISED POPS OVER THE WESTERN CWA FOR TONIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE UPPER LOW IN MEXICO. THE HIGHEST POPS ARE WEST OF A ARTESIA... BALMORHEA...LAJITAS LINE IN THE VICINITY OF THE THETA-E RIDGE. STEEPER LAPSE RATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW AND A SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CWA WILL ALSO SERVE TO AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HAVE KEPT POPS BELOW 10 PERCENT OVER THE EASTERN CWA WHERE THETA-E VALUES ARE LOWER. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM OVER MOST AREAS TONIGHT AS WINDS IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE INHIBIT RADIATION. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 70S MOST AREAS WITH A FEW 60S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. GENERALLY USED GFS FOR THE TEMPERATURE...WEATHER AND CLOUD GRIDS AND A BLEND OF GFS AND MAVMOS FOR THE WINDS AND DEWPOINT GRIDS. .LONG TERM... COMPLICATED FORECAST TO SAY THE LEAST AS THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY...THEN REMAIN HERE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. COOLER TEMPERATURES APPEAR TO BE FAIRLY CERTAIN TOO AS AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH EJECTS EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY LATE WEEKEND. A SURFACE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS WILL REMAIN THERE THROUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THIS AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE...ALONG WITH HIGHER THETAE AIR IN THE H85-H5 LAYER...WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN GOOD SUPPLY AROUND THE WESTERN FRINGE OF AN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OR SO OF THE FORECAST AREA AS PWATS WILL BE AROUND 1.5 INCHES. EXPECT HOT TEMPERATURES TO PERSIST OVER THE AREA BOTH DAYS PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO TIME SINCE CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW MAY INITIALLY PUSH IT INTO THE AREA AS EARLY AS SATURDAY...BUT HEIGHT FALLS AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED CENTRAL PLAINS TROUGH WILL LIKELY ALLOW FOR THE BOUNDARY TO SHIFT BACK TO THE NORTH. HOWEVER BY MONDAY THE UPPER TROUGH WILL EJECT EASTWARD WITH ANTICYCLOGENESIS IN THE PLAINS GREAT ENOUGH TO PUSH THE BOUNDARY INTO THE AREA. HAVE GONE NEAR MEXMOS POP VALUES ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...BUT COOLER THAN MOS OFFERINGS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. FLASH FLOODING WILL AGAIN BE A CONCERN FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS THERE WILL BE A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN MOST LOCATIONS...AND PWATS WILL BE IN EXCESS OF 1.50 INCHES DURING THIS TIME FRAME. EXPECT COOLER AIR TO LINGER OVER THE CWA THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO WARM TO NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS. LEFT LOW ORDER POPS IN THE LATTER PART OF THE EXTENDED...BUT MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE HIGHER THETAE AIR IS PROGGED TO LINGER UNDER A PERSISTENT PLUME OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BIG SPRING TX 72 97 74 96 / 10 10 20 20 CARLSBAD NM 72 95 69 92 / 30 30 40 40 DRYDEN TX 74 98 75 98 / 10 20 30 20 FORT STOCKTON TX 74 95 73 95 / 20 20 40 30 GUADALUPE PASS TX 68 89 65 88 / 30 40 40 30 HOBBS NM 71 96 68 92 / 20 20 40 30 MARFA TX 63 86 60 87 / 30 40 40 30 MIDLAND INTL AIRPORT TX 73 96 73 95 / 10 10 30 20 ODESSA TX 73 96 74 96 / 10 10 30 30 WINK TX 76 101 75 100 / 20 20 40 30 && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 54/67
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 240 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-261945- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND- GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 240 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 /140 PM MDT FRI AUG 25 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE WEST OF A ARTESIA TO BALMORHEA TO LAJITAS LINE. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE WESTERN AREAS OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT...WITH SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THE TIMING OF THE FRONT IS STILL UNCERTAIN...SO ANY POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETTER REFINED WITH SUBSEQUENT ISSUANCES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 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://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:26 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Automated Surface Observing System at Wink (KINK) recorded two 72 mph wind gusts, one at 5:26pm CDT, the other at 5:34pm CDT. No damage was reported at this time.
The Winkler County Sheriff's Office reported that a tree was downed by thunderstorm winds and landed on a carport. They also reported that power lines were downed around Wink.
Five inch diameter limbs were broken off trees in northeastern Winkler County.
A tree with a three foot diameter trunk was downed by thunderstorm winds.
The Odessa Fire Department was called out on a high water rescue at 48th Street and Dixie Boulevard. Several other locations in Odessa were flooded, including the intersection of 51st Street and Clover Avenue, the intersection of U.S. Highway 385 and Interstate 20, and Business 20 between 8th Street and Dixie Boulevard.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2006
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: 5525045, 5525046, 5525047, 5525110, 5525111.